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Brown, Wanda S
Status: active
Profile written August 2, 2026
Salary
$75,426
2025 · state payroll
This profile reflects positional accountability — this individual held the leadership roles shown during the dates shown, during which the listed deaths or lawsuits occurred. Inclusion does not constitute a legal finding of personal culpability for any specific incident.
Tenure Summary
Wanda S. Brown began her career with the Georgia Department of Corrections as a behavioral health counselor in 2015 before transitioning into facility management. By 2018 she had been promoted to Correctional Assistant Superintendent at Phillips Transitional Center, and subsequently held the title of Correctional Superintendent (at an unspecified location) and Deputy Warden. According to GPS records, a total of 2 deaths are attributed to Brown’s leadership-duty postings, both occurring at Phillips Transitional Center during her tenures as a facility deputy.What happened on their watch
Phillips Transitional Center — Deputy Warden (2021) and Correctional Assistant Superintendent (2022–2025) On October 10, 2021, while Brown served as Deputy Warden at Phillips, 62-year-old Anthony Lamar Johnson died. A Gwinnett County Coroner investigation (case 21G-1764) initially listed the manner and cause of death as unknown; the record was later updated to reflect a natural/medical death, with the manner classified as natural. Over three years later, while Brown was the Correctional Assistant Superintendent, 67-year-old Wayne A. Lockett died at the same facility on December 23, 2024. GPS records list Lockett’s cause-of-death category as Unknown/Pending. No lawsuits, intel reports, or news mentions have been filed or surfaced in connection with these deaths.Litigation
No lawsuits naming Brown as a defendant were identified.Sources
- GPS personnel and tenure records — career history, death counts, and cause categories.
- Gwinnett County Coroner case 21G-1764 — manner and cause of death for Anthony Lamar Johnson.
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT | PHILLIPS TRANSITIONAL CENTER | 2022-01-01 → present |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | PHILLIPS TRANSITIONAL CENTER | 2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31 |
| CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT | 2019-01-01 → 2020-12-31 | |
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT | PHILLIPS TRANSITIONAL CENTER | 2018-01-01 → 2018-12-31 |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 3 | 2016-01-01 → 2017-12-31 | |
| BEH HEALTH/COUNSELOR (WL) | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
2 people died at facilities under Brown, Wanda S's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-23 | WAYNE A LOCKETT | 67 | PHILLIPS TRANSITIONAL CENTER | CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT |
| 2021-10-10 | ANTHONY LAMAR JOHNSON | 62 | PHILLIPS TRANSITIONAL CENTER | DEPUTY WARDEN |
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