Fraser, Yolande

Tenure Summary

Yolande Fraser's documented career with the Georgia Department of Corrections begins in 2015 as a behavioral health counselor, a staff-tier post, and advances through counseling supervision (2016–2018) into custody-side management. Fraser was a Correctional Unit Manager at Metro Reentry Facility in 2019, then served as Deputy Warden at the same facility from 2020 through 2023. In 2024 the records show a Deputy Warden posting at Helms Facility alongside a Warden title at Helms, followed by a Correctional Superintendent designation at Helms effective 2025.

Fourteen deaths are attributed to Fraser's leadership tenure, and per GPS's facility tallies every one of them is recorded at Metro Reentry Facility — the site of her Deputy Warden posting. The records reflect deaths in each year of that posting: one in late 2020, four in 2021, six in 2022, and three in 2023. No lawsuits naming Fraser as a defendant, no intelligence reports or events, and no news mentions naming her appear in the reviewed records.

What happened on their watch

Metro Reentry Facility — Deputy Warden (2020–2023). All 14 deaths attributed to Fraser's tenure occurred while she held the Deputy Warden role at Metro Reentry. The decedents recorded include Rodney Laronn Mobley (55, Nov. 6, 2020); Christopher Pettis (31, Jan. 4, 2021); James Oscar Leachman (51, May 4, 2021); Carl Frederick Ziegenbein (36, Aug. 19, 2021); and David Lee Treadwell (61, Oct. 15, 2021). In 2022 the records list Larry Jerome Fowler (59, Feb. 10), Jerry Wayne McBride (73, Feb. 14), Terrence Tyrece Taylor (49, Oct. 27), Rebecca Lynn Harkins (56, Nov. 8), Farrell Todd Collins (43, Nov. 13), and Charlie B. Bowen (78, Dec. 27). The 2023 entries are Bobby C. Gayton (81, Jan. 29), Roy Edward Harrell (75, Oct. 20), and James Joseph Marino (40, Nov. 4).

The deaths span ages 31 to 81, with eight decedents aged 55 or older. Cause is recorded under two categories in the underlying data: eleven deaths fall under one category and three — Marino, Taylor, and Fowler — under a second. The records do not include public narratives for any of these deaths, and no lawsuit, intel report, or news item ties any individual death to Fraser's conduct. Because Fraser was Deputy Warden rather than the facility's lead executive during this period, the deaths are attributable to her tenure at the deputy tier, not to a Warden role at Metro Reentry.

Helms Facility — Warden / Superintendent (2024–present). The records show Fraser holding a Deputy Warden posting at Helms in 2024 concurrently with a Warden (Helms Facility) title beginning in 2024, then a Correctional Superintendent designation effective Jan. 1, 2025, and a Superintendent title from Jan. 16, 2025. GPS's facility-level tallies attribute no deaths to Helms Facility during these postings; the 14 attributed deaths are recorded exclusively at Metro Reentry. No intel reports or events dated within the Helms tenure, no lawsuits, and no news mentions naming Fraser appear in the reviewed records.

Sources

• Georgia Department of Corrections personnel and position records, 2015–2025 (titles, salary years, facility assignments) compiled by Georgia Prisoners' Speak
• Georgia Prisoners' Speak mortality records for Metro Reentry Facility, November 2020 – November 2023 (named decedents, ages at death, cause categories)
• No court filings, DOJ findings, audit documents, or news reports naming Fraser appear in the reviewed data

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.