Davis-Bragg, Chabara L

Tenure Summary

Chabara L Davis-Bragg entered Georgia Department of Corrections personnel records in 2015 as a behavioral health counselor, was titled Behavioral Health Counselor Supervisor from 2017 through 2020, and worked as a Correctional Unit Manager in 2021 — postings the position records list without a facility assignment. Davis-Bragg was recorded as Deputy Warden at Johnson State Prison from 2022 through 2025 and as Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at the same prison from July 16, 2026.

GPS's registry attributes 54 deaths to Davis-Bragg's leadership tenures, all of them at Johnson State Prison. No lawsuit in these records names Davis-Bragg as a defendant. Facility-level records from the same years include a $100,000 state liability settlement, a failed food safety inspection, an escape, a homicide lawsuit over a prisoner's death, and the opening of a new Medical Intensive Infirmary.

What happened on their watch

Johnson State Prison — Deputy Warden (2022–2025). GPS's death registry attributes 54 deaths at Johnson State Prison to Davis-Bragg's leadership tenure. The registry names the following decedents at the facility:

• Michael Craig Jesperson died October 20, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 70.
• Lee Stanton Dunlap died October 28, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, age 60.
• John W Williams died November 8, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, age 68.
• Richard Charles Bishop died December 2, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, age 91.
• Jason Dwight Mitchell died December 9, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, age 45.
• Kevin Kosturi died December 13, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Homicide, age 29.
• Calvin Obie Boynton died December 21, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, age 61.
• Justin Brandon Hulett died February 12, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Homicide, age 38.
• Robert Barnwell died May 4, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, age 80.
• Paul Russell Brewster died June 9, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Homicide, age 48.
• John Charles Rhoten died June 15, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, age 54.
• Robert Joseph Pruett died June 26, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, age 61.
• Dewayne Bess died July 10, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, age 63.
• Joseph Wayne Clayton died July 12, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, age 32.
• Robert Glenn Tanner died July 15, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, age 56.
• Justin Haley Freeman died July 20, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, age 44.
• Russell Scott Carter died July 23, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, age 42.
• Larry Sherall Richards died July 29, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, age 86.
• Loy Alpheus Windham III died July 31, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, age 54.
• Matthew Glenn Maynard died September 14, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, age 65.
• Jarvis Dontez Walker died September 26, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, age 39.
• Aubrie Henley died October 5, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, age 69.
• Roger James died October 29, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, age 68.
• Marc Charles Neermann died November 2, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, age 69.
• Calvin R Norwood died December 30, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, age 72.

Most entries carry no recorded cause beyond Unknown/Pending; homicide is listed for Kevin Kosturi, Justin Brandon Hulett and Paul Russell Brewster, and the ages recorded span 29 to 91. Separate incident records describe other deaths in the same posting: Donald Prescott Lee, 41, died November 16, 2023, from blunt force trauma to the head, neck and torso; Michael Page, 53, died June 29, 2023, ruled a homicide with the cause not stated and the death certificate not received; and incident-report data describe the August 10, 2024 death of Kenneth Adam Robinson, 50, as a homicide, with the death certificate not received.

Also during that posting: a lawsuit filed January 21, 2025 over the death of David Lamar Henegar alleges, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, that Henegar — who had a disability — was choked over hours by a mentally ill cellmate who had previously attacked him, and that officers failed to intervene while neighboring prisoners screamed for help. A state liability payout of $100,000 tied to Johnson State Prison and an incident in 2023 was recorded October 9, 2023 in the GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger, naming Andrick Jackson. A food safety inspection on December 1, 2023 returned a failing score of 64/100, with rats, roaches and broken kitchen equipment documented. An escape occurred April 5, 2023, per facility records, with no GDC news release. On July 21, 2023, GDC held a ribbon-cutting for a new 4,800-square-foot Medical Intensive Infirmary at the prison, designed by NELSON Worldwide, part of a modular housing program adding 524 beds.

Johnson State Prison — Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment (from July 16, 2026). A witness account published July 20, 2026 by Tyler C. Ryals on a YouTube channel describes a spring 2024 shift at Johnson State Prison that the former staff member called dangerously understaffed, a use-of-force incident the witness said went unreported, and an allegation by an incarcerated person of being restrained and tortured. Facility records also carry a July 21, 2026 ribbon-cutting for the Medical Intensive Infirmary and the installation of modular housing units, including at Johnson State Prison.

Sources

• GPS death registry — 54 deaths attributed to Johnson State Prison leadership tenures; named decedents and listed causes
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — lawsuit allegations in the death of David Lamar Henegar, January 21, 2025
• Tyler C. Ryals (YouTube channel) — former staff witness account of staffing and an unreported use-of-force incident, July 20, 2026
• GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger (Open Records) — $100,000 payout tied to Johnson State Prison, 2023 incident
• Georgia Department of Corrections — Medical Intensive Infirmary ribbon-cutting and modular housing program at Johnson State Prison
• Facility incident and inspection records — escape of April 5, 2023; food safety inspection failure of December 1, 2023; homicide incident entries

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.