Davis-Bragg, Chabara L

Tenure Summary

Chabara L Davis-Bragg entered the Georgia Department of Corrections in 2015 as a behavioral health counselor, was promoted to Behavioral Health Counselor Supervisor for 2017–2020, and served as a Correctional Unit Manager in 2021. In 2022 she moved into facility leadership as Deputy Warden at Johnson State Prison, a post she held through 2025, and on July 16, 2026 she was titled Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at the same facility.

GPS's death registry attributes 55 deaths to her leadership tenures, every one of them at Johnson State Prison. The registry lists most of the recent decedents' causes as Unknown/Pending; six of the deaths named below are recorded as homicides. No lawsuit naming Davis-Bragg as a defendant appears in the records reviewed. Litigation and settlements did attach to the facility during her tenure, including a $100,000 state liability payout recorded in the Georgia DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger and a January 2025 lawsuit over the death of David Lamar Henegar.

What happened on their watch

Johnson State Prison — Deputy Warden (2022–2025). The 55 deaths attributed to Davis-Bragg's leadership fall in this period and the one that follows. Among the deaths recorded while she was Deputy Warden, the registry lists six as homicides: Michael Page, 53, died June 29, 2023, with the manner ruled a homicide but no cause stated and the death certificate not received; Donald Prescott Lee, 41, died November 16, 2023, from blunt force trauma to the head, neck and torso; Kenneth Adam Robinson, 50, died August 10, 2024, with incident report data showing a homicide and the death certificate not received; and Paul Russell Brewster (48), Justin Brandon Hulett (38) and Kevin Kosturi (29) are listed as homicides on the registry.

Other recorded events in this posting: an escape at Johnson State Prison on April 5, 2023, for which GDC issued no news release; a food safety inspection on December 1, 2023 that the facility failed with a score of 64/100, with rats, roaches and broken kitchen equipment documented; and a July 21, 2023 ribbon-cutting for a 4,800-square-foot Medical Intensive Infirmary at the prison, part of a statewide modular construction program. On October 9, 2023, the Georgia DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger recorded a $100,000 state liability payout tied to Johnson State Prison and an incident in 2023 involving Andrick Jackson. A lawsuit reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on January 21, 2025 alleges that Henegar, who had a disability, was choked over the course of hours by a cellmate who had previously attacked him and who was mentally ill, and that officers failed to intervene despite neighboring prisoners screaming for help — allegations made in the suit, not established findings.

Johnson State Prison — Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment (from July 16, 2026). In this role Davis-Bragg was at the facility for the July 21, 2026 ribbon-cutting and opening of a 20-bed Medical Intensive Infirmary, part of a 524-bed modular housing program across several prisons. A witness claim published July 20, 2026 on the YouTube channel of Tyler C. Ryals — a former staff member's account of spring 2024 — describes a dangerously understaffed shift in which a use-of-force incident went unreported, and an incarcerated person's allegation of being restrained and tortured; those are allegations carried in that account.

The following deaths, the most recent in the registry for her tenure, are recorded at Johnson State Prison:

• Walter Louis Thompson died September 10, 2026, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending (age 65).
• Calvin R Norwood died December 30, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; Unknown/Pending (age 72).
• Marc Charles Neermann died November 2, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; Unknown/Pending (age 69).
• Roger James died October 29, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; Unknown/Pending (age 68).
• Aubrie Henley died October 5, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; Unknown/Pending (age 69).
• Jarvis Dontez Walker died September 26, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; Unknown/Pending (age 39).
• Matthew Glenn Maynard died September 14, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; Unknown/Pending (age 65).
• Loy Alpheus Iii Windham died July 31, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; Unknown/Pending (age 54).
• Larry Sherall Richards died July 29, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; Unknown/Pending (age 86).
• Russell Scott Carter died July 23, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; Unknown/Pending (age 42).
• Justin Haley Freeman died July 20, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; Unknown/Pending (age 44).
• Robert Glenn Tanner died July 15, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; Unknown/Pending (age 56).
• Joseph Wayne Clayton died July 12, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; Unknown/Pending (age 32).
• Dewayne Bess died July 10, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; Unknown/Pending (age 63).
• Robert Joseph Pruett died June 26, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; Unknown/Pending (age 61).
• John Charles Rhoten died June 15, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; Unknown/Pending (age 54).
• Paul Russell Brewster died June 9, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Homicide (age 48).
• Robert Barnwell died May 4, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; Unknown/Pending (age 80).
• Justin Brandon Hulett died February 12, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; Homicide (age 38).
• Calvin Obie Boynton died December 21, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; Unknown/Pending (age 61).
• Kevin Kosturi died December 13, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; Homicide (age 29).
• Jason Dwight Mitchell died December 9, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; Unknown/Pending (age 45).
• Richard Charles Bishop died December 2, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; Unknown/Pending (age 91).
• John W Williams died November 8, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; Unknown/Pending (age 68).
• Lee Stanton Dunlap died October 28, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; Unknown/Pending (age 60).

Litigation

• No lawsuit naming Davis-Bragg as a defendant appears in the records reviewed.
• Lawsuit over the death of David Lamar Henegar at Johnson State Prison, reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on January 21, 2025, and dated to that day in facility event records; the suit alleges Henegar was choked and stomped over hours by a mentally ill cellmate who had previously attacked him while officers failed to intervene.
• Georgia DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger entry, October 9, 2023: $100,000 state liability payout tied to Johnson State Prison and a 2023 incident involving Andrick Jackson.

Sources

• GPS Death Registry — cause, date, age and facility for the 25 decedents named above; 55 total deaths attributed to Johnson State Prison tenures.
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — January 21, 2025 report and lawsuit allegations in the death of David Lamar Henegar at Johnson State Prison.
• Georgia Department of Administrative Services Risk Management settlement ledger (Open Records) — $100,000 payout, Andrick Jackson, October 9, 2023.
• Tyler C. Ryals (YouTube channel) — July 20, 2026 witness claim regarding a spring 2024 shift at Johnson State Prison.
• Georgia Department of Corrections — food safety inspection result of 64/100 (December 1, 2023); April 5, 2023 escape with no news release; Medical Intensive Infirmary ribbon-cuttings of July 21, 2023 and July 21, 2026.

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Nov 1, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.