Franklin, Lakisha M

Tenure Summary

Lakisha M. Franklin's Georgia Department of Corrections record runs from 2015, when she appears as a behavioral health counselor, through a 2016–2017 stint as a behavioral health counselor supervisor, into a Deputy Warden track beginning in 2018. State salary records show her pay rising from $32,998.08 in 2015 to $65,023.84 in 2024, with a partial-year figure of $36,963.27 recorded for 2025. Her leadership tenure — the period covered by GPS's death-attribution tracking — consists of Deputy Warden positions held from 2018 forward.

Against that tenure, GPS's records attribute zero deaths to Franklin's leadership positions, and no per-facility death totals are recorded for her. The only facility explicitly linked to a Franklin position in the records is Johnson State Prison, where she is listed as Deputy Warden on a single date, November 22, 2023. Her other Deputy Warden entries carry no facility assignment in the records provided. Two federal lawsuits filed in the Southern District of Georgia name her as a defendant during her Deputy Warden years.

What happened on their watch

Deputy Warden, 2018–2025 (facility not specified in records). Franklin held Deputy Warden positions continuously across these years, a facility-deputy accountability tier. No deaths are attributed to this tenure in GPS's tracking data, and no intelligence reports or logged events dated within her tenure are recorded against her. Salary records show a steady increase across the period, from $44,161.74 in 2018 to $65,023.84 in 2024.

Deputy Warden, Johnson State Prison — November 22, 2023. This is the sole facility-specific leadership record for Franklin. No deaths are attributed to her time at Johnson, and GPS's data contains no intel reports or intel events at that facility dated within her tenure there. Her assignment is documented as a single-date record, and the data provided does not establish the full span of her posting; no conclusion should be drawn about conditions at the facility outside that window. No news coverage naming Franklin in connection with the facility appears in the records.

Litigation

• Wade v. Morgan, No. 3:23-cv-00073 (S.D. Ga.), filed August 31, 2023 — pending. Franklin is listed as a defendant per the docket record. The underlying allegations are not included in the data provided.
• Meadows v. Ward, No. 3:22-cv-00113 (S.D. Ga.), filed September 13, 2022, terminated November 10, 2022. Franklin is listed as a defendant per the docket record. No disposition amount is recorded, and the data does not state the basis for termination or the nature of the claims.

Neither case record provided includes the alleged facts, so no characterization of the claims is made here.

Sources

• CourtListener — dockets for Wade v. Morgan (3:23-cv-00073, S.D. Ga.) and Meadows v. Ward (3:22-cv-00113, S.D. Ga.)
• Georgia Department of Corrections — personnel and salary records, 2015–2025 (via GPS personnel database)
• Georgia Prisoners' Speak — death-attribution and facility-tenure records for Lakisha M. Franklin

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.