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Cook, Matasha L
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Profile written August 30, 2026
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
Matasha L. Cook held multiple Georgia Department of Corrections staff positions without a facility assignment from 2015 through 2023, according to GPS records: Business Operation Spec in 2015, Admin Assistant Supervisor from 2016 through 2019, Behavioral Health Counselor 2 from 2020 through 2022, and Financial Ops Generalist 3 in 2023. GPS records then place her as Deputy Warden at Lee State Prison, effective Nov. 22, 2023, with calendar-year salary entries for 2024 and 2025 and an additional Deputy Warden entry dated Aug. 27, 2026.
Across that facility-leadership tenure, GPS records attribute four deaths to Lee State Prison. No lawsuits naming Cook as a defendant and no intel reports at the facility appear in the supplied records.
What happened on their watch
Lee State Prison — Deputy Warden tenure. GPS records attribute four deaths to Lee State Prison during Cook's Deputy Warden tenure. The decedent sample lists:
- Christopher Aaron Godfrey, 40, incident date Jan. 16, 2024
- Daniel Emmett Ivey, 26, incident date Feb. 15, 2024
- Quinton Pearson, 45, incident date Sept. 8, 2025
- Yancey Sullivan, 56, incident date July 10, 2026
Each death record lists Cook's role at the time as Deputy Warden, and all four death records carry cause_category code 6 in GPS records. The provided records include no notes explaining that cause code. GPS records do not list any lawsuits filed against Cook while she held the Deputy Warden role.
Two GPS incident log entries dated March 8, 2026, and associated with Lee State Prison in the data, are titled "Nine hospitalized after gang fight at Wilcox State Prison; women arrested for inciting riot at Lee Arrendale." The title references other facilities, not Lee State Prison, though GPS records link the entries to Lee State Prison. No news mentions tied to Cook appear in the supplied records.
Sources
- Georgia Prisoners' Speak personnel profile for Matasha L. Cook (https://gps.press/intelligence/personnel/cook-matasha-l/)
- GPS structured records for deaths by facility and decedent sample
- GPS incident log entries dated March 8, 2026
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Warden | LEE STATE PRISON | 2026-08-27 → present |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | LEE STATE PRISON | 2024-01-01 → present |
| Deputy Warden | LEE STATE PRISON | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| FINANCIAL OPS GENERALIST 3 | 2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31 | |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 2 | 2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31 | |
| ADMIN ASSISTANT SPV | 2016-01-01 → 2019-12-31 | |
| BUSINESS OPERATION SPEC(SP) | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
4 people died at facilities under Cook, Matasha L's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | YANCEY SULLIVAN | 56 | LEE STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 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 |
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