Bunkley, Adrienne J

Tenure Summary

Adrienne J. Bunkley's Georgia Department of Corrections record begins in 2015 with a buyer position, followed by six years (2017–2022) as a Business Support Analyst 1, a staff-tier post. In 2023 she moved into facility leadership as Deputy Warden at Metro Reentry Facility, a role the salary records show her holding through 2025. A later entry lists her as Deputy Warden of Administration at the same facility, effective 2026-07-16.

Per the GDC personnel records, 14 deaths are attributed to Bunkley's leadership tenure, all of them at Metro Reentry Facility. The registry lists eight of those deaths as Natural/Medical, five as Unknown/Pending, and one as Accident, with decedents ranging in age from 36 to 85. The records contain no lawsuits naming Bunkley as a defendant, no intel reports or intel events at Metro Reentry Facility dated to her tenure, and no news reports naming her.

What happened on their watch

Metro Reentry Facility — Deputy Warden, 2023–present (Deputy Warden of Administration from 2026-07-16). All 14 deaths attributed to Bunkley's leadership tenure occurred at this facility, each recorded while she held the Deputy Warden role. The named decedents, as listed in GPS's death registry:

• Rodney Corbin died October 23, 2025, at Metro Reentry Facility; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical.
• Stephen Mott died October 20, 2025, at Metro Reentry Facility; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical.
• Wilson Beavers died October 10, 2025, at Metro Reentry Facility; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical.
• John Whitfield died October 5, 2025, at Metro Reentry Facility; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical.
• Sammy Bernard Palmer died April 25, 2025, at Metro Reentry Facility; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
• Willie James Johnson died April 11, 2025, at Metro Reentry Facility; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
• Harden Millard Walker died March 30, 2025, at Metro Reentry Facility; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical.
• Joshua Jean Hanks died December 3, 2024, at Metro Reentry Facility; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
• Larry Jones died November 1, 2024, at Metro Reentry Facility; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical.
• Timothy Crumbley died October 5, 2024, at Metro Reentry Facility; the registry lists the cause as Accident.
• Benjamin August Harter died September 14, 2024, at Metro Reentry Facility; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
• Keithal Landon Greatheart died June 19, 2024, at Metro Reentry Facility; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical.
• Richard Kevin Meadows died January 24, 2024, at Metro Reentry Facility; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical.
• Lakeith Shunta Bonner died January 24, 2024, at Metro Reentry Facility; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.

Two deaths — Meadows and Bonner — are recorded on the same date, January 24, 2024. Four deaths fall in October 2025 (Whitfield, Beavers, Mott, Corbin), and the recorded ages skew older, with nine decedents in their sixties, seventies or eighties and the youngest, Hanks, at 36. Where the registry shows a cause as Unknown/Pending — Palmer, Johnson, Hanks, Harter and Bonner — the cause is not yet known in GPS's registry, and no cause is asserted here.

The records show no intel reports or intel events at Metro Reentry Facility dated to Bunkley's tenure, and no news coverage naming her in connection with any of these deaths.

Sources

• Georgia Prisoners' Speak death registry — 14 death records at Metro Reentry Facility, 2024–2025, including cause categories and ages at death.
• Georgia Department of Corrections personnel and salary records — Bunkley's positions and salary years, 2015 through 2026, including Deputy Warden and Deputy Warden of Administration titles at Metro Reentry Facility.

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Oct 11, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.