Cook, Matasha L

Tenure Summary

Matasha L. Cook appears in Georgia Department of Corrections personnel records from 2015, holding a sequence of non-leadership posts: Business Operation Specialist (2015), Administrative Assistant Supervisor (2016–2019), Behavioral Health Counselor 2 (2020–2022), and Financial Ops Generalist 3 (2023). None of those positions is a facility-leadership role, and no facility is identified with them in the records; they are listed here only as career trajectory and salary history.

Cook's only leadership-tier position on record is Deputy Warden at Lee State Prison, which she held from November 22, 2023, through at least August 27, 2026. Four deaths are attributed to her leadership tenure, all of them at Lee State Prison, per the death records compiled by Georgia Prisoners' Speak. No lawsuits naming Cook as a defendant, no DOJ findings directed at her, no intel reports or logged events tied to her tenure, and no news coverage naming her appear in the records.

What happened on their watch

Lee State Prison — Deputy Warden (Nov. 22, 2023 – present; salary records cover 2024 and 2025)

All four deaths attributed to Cook's leadership occurred during her time as Deputy Warden at Lee State Prison, and each records her `role_at_time` as Deputy Warden. In chronological order:

• Christopher Aaron Godfrey, 40 — died January 16, 2024.
• Daniel Emmett Ivey, 26 — died February 15, 2024.
• Quinton Pearson, 45 — died September 8, 2025.
• Yancey Sullivan, 56 — died July 10, 2026.

The decedents range in age from 26 to 56. Each death is recorded under the same cause category in the files (cause category 6); the records provided do not include a narrative description for any of the four, so no cause of death is characterized here. No death during Cook's tenure is recorded at any other facility.

Beyond these four deaths, the records contain no allegations from intel reports, no logged intel events at Lee State Prison dated inside her tenure, and no news reports naming her. The absence of such entries in this dataset is not evidence that no incidents occurred at the facility during her tenure — only that none are captured in the material reviewed here. Cook is listed as "active" in the personnel data.

Sources

• Georgia Department of Corrections personnel and salary records, 2015–2025 (position titles, dates, and salary years cited above).
• Georgia Prisoners' Speak facility-death records for Lee State Prison — four decedents (Godfrey, Ivey, Pearson, Sullivan), 2024–2026, each recorded with Cook's role at time of death as Deputy Warden.
• No court filings, DOJ documents, news articles, or intel reports naming Cook were located in the records provided.

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.