Brown, Wanda S

Tenure Summary

Wanda S. Brown's documented GDC career begins in 2015 in behavioral health, with three years as a counselor (BEH Health/Counselor, then Behavioral Health Counselor 3, 2015–2017) at facilities not identified in the position records. She moved into facility administration in 2018 as Correctional Assistant Superintendent at Phillips Transitional Center, then served as Correctional Superintendent for 2019 and 2020 — the position records for those two years do not name a facility. She returned to Phillips Transitional Center as Deputy Warden in 2021 and as Correctional Assistant Superintendent from 2022 through 2025. A separate single-day record lists her as Correctional Assistant Superintendent at Phillips State Prison on Nov. 22, 2023.

Two deaths are attributed to her leadership tenures, both at Phillips Transitional Center, per the death-in-custody records: Anthony Lamar Johnson, 62, on Oct. 10, 2021, when Brown held the Deputy Warden role there, and Wayne A. Lockett, 67, on Dec. 23, 2024, when she held the Correctional Assistant Superintendent role. The records show no lawsuits naming Brown as a defendant, no intelligence reports or events at her facilities during her tenures, and no news coverage mentioning her directly.

What happened on their watch

Phillips Transitional Center — Correctional Assistant Superintendent (2018). Brown's first administrative posting at the facility. No deaths during her leadership tenures are attributed to this year in the records, and no intelligence reports or events dated within her 2018 tenure at the facility appear.

Correctional Superintendent (2019–2020). Brown held the superintendent title for two years; the position records do not identify the facility for either year. No deaths during her leadership tenures are attributed to this period in the records.

Phillips Transitional Center — Deputy Warden (2021). Anthony Lamar Johnson, 62, died at the facility on Oct. 10, 2021, while Brown held the Deputy Warden role, per the death-in-custody records. Johnson's death is recorded under cause category 1; the provided records do not define the code labels. No intelligence reports, events, or lawsuits naming Brown during this posting appear in the records.

Phillips State Prison — Correctional Assistant Superintendent (Nov. 22, 2023, single-day record). The position data lists a one-day entry at this facility. No deaths during her leadership tenures are attributed to Phillips State Prison in the records; the totals attribute none of the two deaths to this facility.

Phillips Transitional Center — Correctional Assistant Superintendent (2022–2025). Wayne A. Lockett, 67, died at the facility on Dec. 23, 2024, while Brown held the Correctional Assistant Superintendent role, per the death-in-custody records. Lockett's death is recorded under cause category 6, again without a defined label in the provided records. This period accounts for the second of the two deaths attributed to Brown's leadership tenures at Phillips Transitional Center. No intelligence reports, events, or lawsuits naming Brown during this posting appear in the records.

Both attributable deaths occurred at the same facility, one in a deputy-leadership role and one in a deputy-leadership role five years later. The records supply no public narrative for either death and no aggravating findings, audits, or DOJ material tied to Brown's tenure.

Sources

• Georgia Department of Corrections position and salary records (personnel database extract) — titles, tenure dates, and facility assignments for Brown, 2015–2025, including the one-day Phillips State Prison entry on Nov. 22, 2023.
• Georgia death-in-custody records — decedent names, dates of death, ages, and cause categories for Anthony Lamar Johnson (Oct. 10, 2021) and Wayne A. Lockett (Dec. 23, 2024) at Phillips Transitional Center.
• No court records, DOJ findings, audits, or news reports naming Brown appear in the provided records.

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Sep 23, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.