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Brown, Willether
Status: active
Profile written August 2, 2026
Salary
$71,885
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
Willether Brown joined the Georgia Department of Corrections in 2015 as a behavioral health counselor, working in a series of increasingly senior counselor roles until 2020. In January 2021, Brown was promoted to deputy warden at Lee State Prison, a leadership position they have held through at least the end of 2025. GPS records show that a total of four people died at Lee State Prison during Brown’s tenure as deputy warden. No lawsuits naming Brown as a defendant are reflected in the available court records, and no DOJ investigations or audits focusing on Brown were identified.What happened on their watch
Lee State Prison (Deputy Warden, Jan. 2021 – Dec. 2025) During Brown’s service as deputy warden, four deaths were recorded at the facility. The first occurred on May 28, 2021, when Pedro Perez-Robles, 38, died. Nearly three years later, two deaths followed in quick succession: Christopher Aaron Godfrey, 40, died on January 16, 2024, and Daniel Emmett Ivey, 26, died on February 15, 2024. The fourth death occurred on September 8, 2025, with the death of Quinton Pearson, 45. All four deaths are categorized under cause category 6 in GPS’s records. No narratives, autopsy findings, or other details specifying the circumstances or medical causes of these deaths are present in the data provided.Sources
- Georgia Prisoners’ Speak personnel and death records — employment history and facility death logs for Willether Brown.
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| DEPUTY WARDEN | LEE STATE PRISON | 2021-01-01 → present |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR SPV | 2019-01-01 → 2020-12-31 | |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 3 | 2016-01-01 → 2018-12-31 | |
| BEH HEALTH/COUNSELOR (WL) | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
4 people died at facilities under Brown, Willether's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-08 | QUINTON PEARSON | 45 | LEE STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2024-02-15 | DANIEL EMMETT IVEY | 26 | LEE STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2024-01-16 | CHRISTOPHER AARON GODFREY | 40 | LEE STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2021-05-28 | PEDRO PEREZ-ROBLES | 38 | LEE STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
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