Fraser, Yolande

Tenure Summary

Yolande Fraser joined the Georgia Department of Corrections in 2015 as a behavioral health counselor and rose steadily through supervisory and management ranks, spending the bulk of her career at Metro Reentry Facility (MRF) in DeKalb County. By 2020 she held the Deputy Warden title at MRF, a post she retained through 2023. In 2024 she transitioned to the Helms Facility, where GPS records show she was serving as Superintendent as of January 2025. GPS records attribute 14 deaths at Metro Reentry Facility during Fraser's tenure as Deputy Warden (2020–2023). No lawsuits naming Fraser as a defendant appear in GPS records, and no settled cases are on file.

What Happened on Their Watch

Metro Reentry Facility — Deputy Warden (2020–2023)

Fraser held the Deputy Warden role at Metro Reentry Facility across four calendar years during which GPS records attribute 14 deaths at the facility. The deaths span November 2020 through November 2023: Rodney Mobley (age 55, November 2020); Christopher Pettis (31, January 2021); James Leachman (51, May 2021); Carl Ziegenbein (36, August 2021); David Treadwell (61, October 2021); Larry Fowler (59, February 2022); Jerry McBride (73, February 2022); Terrence Taylor (49, October 2022); Rebecca Harkins (56, November 2022); Farrell Collins (43, November 2022); Charlie Bowen (78, December 2022); Bobby Gayton (81, January 2023); Roy Harrell (75, October 2023); and James Marino (40, November 2023). All 14 are recorded under cause category 6 in GPS records; no additional cause detail or notes are provided in the underlying data. The decedents ranged in age from 31 to 81, with several individuals in their 70s and 80s, consistent with an aging or medically vulnerable population at a reentry facility. No intel reports or news mentions tied specifically to Fraser's tenure at MRF appear in GPS records.

A separate facility-level event is also on record: GPS records document that on January 17, 2026 — after Fraser had departed for Helms Facility — Silas Westbrook died at Metro Reentry Facility following a medical emergency upon transfer from Washington State Prison, where he had been injured during a January 12 disturbance. Westbrook is identified in GPS records as the fourth inmate to die following that riot. The GDC Office of Professional Standards opened an investigation into his death, per GPS records. Fraser is not named in connection with this event, and it postdates her assignment to MRF.

Helms Facility — Warden / Superintendent (2024–present)

GPS records show Fraser assumed leadership at Helms Facility in 2024, holding the Warden title before transitioning to Correctional Superintendent and then Superintendent as of January 16, 2025. No deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, or news mentions are attributed to her tenure at Helms Facility in GPS records.

Sources

• GPS records — 14 deaths attributed to Metro Reentry Facility during Fraser's Deputy Warden tenure, 2020–2023
• GPS records — facility-level intel events: death of Silas Westbrook at Metro Reentry Facility, January 17, 2026; GDC Office of Professional Standards investigation opened January 22, 2026
• GPS records — positions and salary data, 2015–2025

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on May 6, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.