Burks, Letitia

Tenure Summary

Letitia Burks holds the Warden role at Lee State Prison, a facility-leadership position she began on July 5, 2026. It is the only leadership posting documented for her in GPS's personnel records, and it remains active — no end date is recorded. The records show no prior facility-lead command, so the accountability record for Burks is confined to her tenure at Lee.

One death is attributed to her leadership tenure to date: Yancey Sullivan, 56, who died at Lee State Prison on July 10, 2026 — five days after Burks assumed the warden's post. Per GPS records, that is the sole death attributed to a facility-leadership tenure held by Burks, and there are no lawsuits naming her as a defendant, no filed intel reports or logged events tied to her tenure, and no news coverage naming her directly.

What happened on their watch

Lee State Prison — Warden, from July 5, 2026 to present. One death is attributed to this posting: Yancey Sullivan, age 56, who died at the facility on July 10, 2026, with Burks serving as Warden at the time of death. The record classifies the death under cause category 6; no public narrative or underlying circumstance description is attached to the entry. The death occurred in Burks's first week in the role.

Beyond that single decedent, the record set contains no additional deaths during her tenure, no allegation records, no logged incidents or intelligence reports at Lee State Prison during her tenure, and no news reports naming her. Because her tenure is recent and ongoing, and because the input documents no events for the period, nothing further can be stated about conditions or patterns at the facility under her command — absence of records here is not evidence of absence of incidents.

Sources

• Georgia Prisoners' Speak personnel records — Burks's Warden appointment at Lee State Prison, effective July 5, 2026
• Georgia Prisoners' Speak custodial death record — Yancey Sullivan, 56, died at Lee State Prison on July 10, 2026, role at time: Warden
• No court filings naming Burks as defendant, no DOJ documents, and no news mentions are present in the provided records for this person or her tenure.

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.