Chambers, Brian Keith

Tenure Summary

Brian Keith Chambers's GDC salary records begin in 2015, when he was listed under Correction Administration, followed by Deputy Warden listings for 2016, 2017 and 2018, and Warden 1 salary listings from 2019 through 2025. His one documented facility-leadership posting is Warden at Johnson State Prison, from February 1, 2022, to June 15, 2024, with a further Warden 1 entry at the same facility dated November 22, 2023. GPS's death registry attributes 24 deaths to his leadership tenure, every one of them at Johnson State Prison.

Three of those deaths are classified by the registry as homicides. During the same tenure the records also document an escape on April 5, 2023 that drew no GDC news release; a Georgia Department of Administrative Services Risk Management settlement of $100,000 tied to Johnson State Prison (Andrick Jackson, 2023 incident); a December 1, 2023 food safety inspection failure scored at 64/100, with rats, roaches, broken kitchen equipment and contaminated trays documented; and a federal lawsuit, Logan v. Chambers, filed November 21, 2023 and terminated February 1, 2024.

What happened on their watch

Johnson State Prison — Warden, February 1, 2022 – June 15, 2024. GPS's death registry attributes 24 deaths at Johnson State Prison to this tenure, the only facility in these records where Chambers held the Warden role. Decedents ranged in age from 23 to 85. The registry's cause categories across the 24 are: 3 Homicide, 7 Natural/Medical, 2 Accident, 1 Suicide, and 11 Unknown/Pending.

Registry entries classified as Homicide:

• Donald Prescott Lee died November 16, 2023, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Homicide, age 41. A separate GPS event record states he died from blunt force trauma to the head, neck and torso, and describes the death as a homicide at the facility.
• Michael Todd Page died June 29, 2023, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Homicide, age 53. A GPS event record states the manner was ruled a homicide but the cause was not stated and the death certificate had not been received.
• Corey Wade Persall died May 30, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Homicide, age 40.

Registry entries classified as Natural/Medical:

• Clifford Leroy Mitcham died February 23, 2022, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 74.
• Rossano Antonio Mckeiver died October 24, 2022, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 63.
• Samuel Bernard Mincey died January 4, 2023, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 85.
• Reginald Renard Pickett died March 29, 2023, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 61.
• Frederick William Choisnet died April 21, 2023, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 70.
• Richard D Beck died April 22, 2023, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 65.
• Eugene Jr Hood died June 6, 2023, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 64.
• Filip David Bakst died July 6, 2023, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 50.

Registry entries classified as Accident:

• Russel Lee Townsend died July 13, 2022, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Accident, age 23.
• Roderick Dejuan Stocks died May 27, 2023, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Accident, age 44.

Registry entry classified as Suicide:

• Cody Allen Jones died February 3, 2023, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Suicide, age 28.

Registry entries with cause Unknown/Pending (GPS does not yet know the cause in these cases):

• Michael Lamar Wehunt died September 5, 2022, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 72.
• Nathaniel David Durham died February 24, 2023, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 42.
• D W Jackson died August 13, 2023, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 84.
• Beacher Drell Roach died September 30, 2023, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 73.
• Robert Jefrey Klontz died November 19, 2023, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 65.
• Edward Lewis Rogers died December 6, 2023, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 33.
• Don Montgomery died January 22, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 73.
• Harry Felton Murray died February 27, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 77.
• Ramiro Aviles Colon died March 11, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 43.
• Billy Joe Fowler died April 6, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 56.

Other events recorded at Johnson State Prison while Chambers held the Warden role: a GDC liability payout of $100,000 tied to the facility, dated October 9, 2023 and tied to a 2023 incident involving Andrick Jackson, per the GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger; an escape on April 5, 2023, for which GDC issued no news release; and, on July 21, 2023, a GDC ribbon-cutting for a new 4,800-square-foot Medical Intensive Infirmary at the facility, announced alongside ModCorr MaxMod modular housing units at four facilities adding 524 beds, an announcement attributed to Tyrone Oliver. A food safety inspection dated December 1, 2023 scored the facility 64/100, with rats, roaches, broken kitchen equipment and contaminated trays documented.

Periods outside this posting are recorded only as roles and dates: Correction Administration, 2015; Deputy Warden, 2016–2018; Warden 1 salary listings, 2019–2025.

Litigation

• Logan v. Chambers, case 3:23-cv-00092, court listed as GASD, filed November 21, 2023, terminated February 1, 2024, status terminated; no outcome amount recorded. Source: CourtListener docket.

Sources

• GPS death registry — 24 deaths at Johnson State Prison attributed to Chambers's Warden tenure (February 1, 2022 – June 15, 2024), including three Homicide classifications and individual registry entries for each decedent.
• Georgia Department of Administrative Services, Risk Management settlement ledger (obtained through an Open Records request) — $100,000 payout tied to Johnson State Prison, incident year 2023, Andrick Jackson.
• CourtListener — docket for Logan v. Chambers, 3:23-cv-00092.
• Georgia Department of Corrections — announcement of the Johnson State Prison Medical Intensive Infirmary ribbon-cutting and modular housing installation, July 21, 2023.
• Georgia food safety inspection record dated December 1, 2023 — Johnson State Prison score 64/100.

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.