Davis-Bragg, Chabara L

Tenure Summary

Chabara L. Davis-Bragg joined the Georgia Department of Corrections in 2015 as a behavioral health counselor, rising through supervisory counseling roles before transitioning into correctional management. By 2021, GPS records show Davis-Bragg held a Correctional Unit Manager position, and from 2022 through at least 2025, she has served continuously as Deputy Warden at Johnson State Prison in Wrightsville, Georgia. GPS records attribute 62 deaths at Johnson SP during her Deputy Warden tenure (2022–present), spanning cause categories that include homicide, natural/unspecified causes, and at least one death with an unclear manner. The facility's most prominent accountability event during this period is a $4 million state settlement, reached in April 2026, stemming from the 2021 death of David Henegar — an incident that predates Davis-Bragg's Deputy Warden appointment but whose litigation resolved on her watch. The AJC's Georgia Prison Homicides investigation documented multiple confirmed homicides at Johnson SP during her tenure.

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What Happened on Their Watch

Johnson State Prison — Deputy Warden, 2022–present

GPS records attribute 62 deaths at Johnson State Prison during Davis-Bragg's tenure as Deputy Warden. The deaths span January 2022 through April 2026. The largest single cause category is unspecified/natural causes (cause category 6), accounting for the majority of recorded deaths and including multiple elderly incarcerated people — among them Richard Charles Bishop, 91; Larry Sherall Richards, 86; Samuel Bernard Mincey, 85; and D.W. Jackson, 84. At least eight deaths are classified as homicides (cause category 3). According to the AJC's Georgia Prison Homicides investigation, Donald Prescott Lee, 41, died November 16, 2023 from blunt force trauma to the head, neck, and torso; Michael Todd Page, 53, died June 29, 2023 in a ruling of homicide; and Kenneth Adam Robinson, 50, died August 10, 2024, with incident report data showing a homicide. GPS research records show Justin Brandon Hulett, 38, died February 12, 2025 at Johnson SP, confirmed by an obituary and a 13WMAZ death investigation report. Kevin Kosturi, 29, died December 13, 2024, per GPS research citing a Low Country Cremation obituary. A GPS user report alleges that Phillip Lamar Byrd, 46, was beaten by gang members, exposed to cold, and then fatally injected with drugs on January 18, 2026 — his death is classified as a homicide in GPS records; this account has not been independently verified. A separate GPS user report alleges that Michael Elias Peschel, 36, suffered 20 stab wounds from his cellmate on March 14, 2026, and that the cellmate had engaged in a prior confrontation with officers two weeks earlier and should have been housed alone; this account has not been independently verified. A death recorded April 18, 2026, identified only as "AI-detected," remains of unclear manner; a Telegram relay source initially suggested suicide but subsequent information indicated the person "just dropped dead," per GPS records. A second death recorded the same date involves Marries Mckay, classified as cause category 2 in GPS records.

Beyond deaths, Johnson SP received a failing food safety inspection score of 64/100 in December 2023, with rats, roaches, broken kitchen equipment, and contaminated trays documented — a period overlapping Davis-Bragg's Deputy Warden tenure. A GPS user report filed April 2026 alleges ongoing unsanitary food tray conditions, with photographic documentation submitted. An escape from Johnson SP occurred April 5, 2023, per GPS records; GDC issued no news release.

The Henegar case, while originating before Davis-Bragg's Deputy Warden appointment, produced litigation that resolved during her tenure. According to the AJC, a lawsuit alleged that David Lamar Henegar, 44, was hogtied and beaten over approximately five hours on October 16, 2021 by cellmate Antone Hinton-Leonard, who had previously attacked Henegar and had a documented history of mental illness. The AJC further reports the lawsuit alleged that prison staff ignored Henegar's screams and the pleas of neighboring prisoners throughout the attack, that staff had failed to act on prior reports of Hinton-Leonard's mental health problems and a choking incident one week earlier, and that Henegar was held past his scheduled release date due to an administrative delay. Per court records cited by the AJC, Henegar died from manual strangulation and blunt force trauma; injuries included a broken neck and ribs, fractured nose and breastbone, torn lung and liver, and brain and scalp hemorrhages. The state settled the lawsuit for $4 million on April 11, 2026, according to the AJC, on the eve of trial.

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Sources

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Georgia Prison Homicides investigation (homicide classifications for Lee, Page, Robinson); Henegar settlement reporting (April 2026); Henegar lawsuit allegations
• 13WMAZ — Death investigation report, Justin Brandon Hulett, Johnson SP, February 2025
• Smalls Funeral Home (smallsfuneralhome.com) — Obituary, Justin Brandon Hulett
• Low Country Cremation — Obituary, Kevin Kosturi, Reidsville GA
• GPS records — Death roster, cause classifications, food inspection failure (December 2023), escape incident (April 2023), user-submitted reports (Byrd, Peschel, April 2026 food conditions, April 2026 AI-detected death)
• GPS intel events log — Settlement record, Henegar v. GDC, $4,000,000, April 11, 2026; homicide event records for Robinson, Lee, Page, Henegar

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on May 10, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.