Brown, Wanda S

Tenure Summary

Wanda S. Brown began her GDC career as a behavioral health counselor (2015–2017) before moving into correctional administration. She has held deputy-level leadership roles at Phillips Transitional Center for most of her supervisory career — serving as Correctional Assistant Superintendent in 2018, Deputy Warden in 2021, and returning to Correctional Assistant Superintendent from 2022 through at least 2025. GPS records attribute two deaths at Phillips Transitional Center to periods when Brown held a facility-deputy role there. No news mentions, intel reports, or intel events are recorded in GPS records for her tenures.

What Happened on Their Watch

Phillips Transitional Center — Deputy Warden / Correctional Assistant Superintendent (2018, 2021–present)

GPS records attribute two deaths at Phillips Transitional Center to periods when Brown held a facility-deputy accountability role. On October 10, 2021, Anthony Lamar Johnson, age 62, died at the facility while Brown served as Deputy Warden; the cause category is recorded as category 6, and no further notes are on file. On December 23, 2024, Wayne A. Lockett, age 67, died at the facility while Brown held the Correctional Assistant Superintendent title; the cause category is likewise recorded as category 6, with no additional notes. Both decedents were older adults (62 and 67, respectively), and both deaths share the same cause category, though GPS records do not elaborate on what category 6 denotes or provide individual cause-of-death detail. No intel reports, intel events, or news coverage are recorded in GPS records in connection with either death or with Brown's tenures at the facility.

Litigation

GPS records list eight federal civil cases in which Brown appears as a named party. The case captions and opposing parties do not on their face indicate corrections-related civil-rights claims, and GPS records contain no notes linking any of these matters to her GDC role or to the deaths above. They are listed here for completeness.

• Kelsey v. DeKalb County Georgia, 1:15-cv-02357 (GAND), filed 2015-06-30, terminated 2020-08-26.
• Cunningham v. Fulton County Georgia, 1:16-cv-00533 (GAND), filed 2016-02-19, terminated 2019-03-29.
• Henry v. Norcross, 1:16-cv-03008 (GAND), filed 2016-08-17, terminated 2017-01-05.
• Sixth District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church v. Kemp, 1:21-cv-01284 (GAND), filed 2021-03-29, terminated 2021-12-23.
• Taylor v. University Health Services Inc, 1:23-cv-00047 (GASD), filed 2023-04-19, terminated 2023-12-14.
• Willis v. Government Employees Insurance Company, 5:23-cv-00430 (GAMD), filed 2023-10-26, terminated 2026-01-23.
• Robert M Taylor III v. Piedmont Healthcare Inc, 1:24-cv-00019 (GASD), filed 2024-02-16, pending.
• Jackson v. 3M Company, 4:25-cv-00270 (GAMD), filed 2025-08-27, pending.

Sources

• GPS personnel and death records — two deaths at Phillips Transitional Center attributed to Brown's facility-deputy tenures (2021, 2024)
• CourtListener docket records — eight federal civil cases listing Brown as a named party (case numbers cited above)

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on May 6, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.