Fraser, Yolande

Tenure Summary

Yolande Fraser's documented GDC career, per GDC position and salary records, begins in 2015 as a behavioral health counselor (listed as "BEH HEALTH/COUNSELOR (WL)"), moves into supervisory behavioral-health counseling in 2016–2018, and then into custody-side administration: correctional unit manager at Metro Reentry Facility for 2019, and Deputy Warden at Metro Reentry from 2020 through 2023. In 2024 she is listed as Warden (Helms Facility), alongside a Deputy Warden record at Helms for 2024; she is listed as Correctional Superintendent at Helms from January 1–15, 2025, and as Superintendent there from January 16, 2025. Her status is listed as active.

GPS's death registry attributes 14 deaths to her leadership tenure, all 14 at Metro Reentry Facility, every one of them recorded while she held the Deputy Warden role there. The records contain no lawsuits naming her as a defendant, no intel reports or intel events dated within her facility tenures, and no news reports naming her.

What happened on their watch

Metro Reentry Facility — Deputy Warden (2020–2023). Fourteen deaths are attributed to Fraser's tenure at this facility. Twelve are listed in the registry as Natural/Medical; two — Terrence Tyrece Taylor and James Joseph Marino — are listed as Unknown/Pending, meaning GPS has not yet recorded a cause. The decedents ranged in age from 31 to 81, and the deaths are recorded roughly continuously across the tenure rather than clustered:

• Rodney Laronn Mobley died November 6, 2020, at Metro Reentry Facility; GPS's death registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical (age 55).
• Christopher Pettis died January 4, 2021, at Metro Reentry Facility; the cause is listed as Natural/Medical (age 31).
• James Oscar Leachman died May 4, 2021, at Metro Reentry Facility; the cause is listed as Natural/Medical (age 51).
• Carl Frederick Ziegenbein died August 19, 2021, at Metro Reentry Facility; the cause is listed as Natural/Medical (age 36).
• David Lee Treadwell died October 15, 2021, at Metro Reentry Facility; the cause is listed as Natural/Medical (age 61).
• Larry Jerome Fowler died February 10, 2022, at Metro Reentry Facility; the cause is listed as Natural/Medical (age 59).
• Jerry Wayne Mcbride died February 14, 2022, at Metro Reentry Facility; the cause is listed as Natural/Medical (age 73).
• Terrence Tyrece Taylor died October 27, 2022, at Metro Reentry Facility; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending (age 49).
• Rebecca Lynn Harkins died November 8, 2022, at Metro Reentry Facility; the cause is listed as Natural/Medical (age 56).
• Farrell Todd Collins died November 13, 2022, at Metro Reentry Facility; the cause is listed as Natural/Medical (age 43).
• Charlie B Bowen died December 27, 2022, at Metro Reentry Facility; the cause is listed as Natural/Medical (age 78).
• Bobby C Gayton died January 29, 2023, at Metro Reentry Facility; the cause is listed as Natural/Medical (age 81).
• Roy Edward Harrell died October 20, 2023, at Metro Reentry Facility; the cause is listed as Natural/Medical (age 75).
• James Joseph Marino died November 4, 2023, at Metro Reentry Facility; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending (age 40).

The registry names no public narrative, lawsuit, or intel allegation tied to any of the fourteen deaths, and no news report naming Fraser appears in the records.

Helms Facility — Warden (2024); Deputy Warden (2024); Correctional Superintendent (January 1–15, 2025); Superintendent (from January 16, 2025). GPS's death registry attributes no deaths to Fraser's Helms Facility tenure. Beyond the titles and dates above, the records contain no intel reports or intel events dated within these periods.

Sources

• GPS death registry — 14 deaths recorded at Metro Reentry Facility during Yolande Fraser's 2020–2023 Deputy Warden tenure, with dates, ages and cause categories for each decedent.
• GDC position and salary records — Fraser's career history from 2015 (behavioral health counselor) through unit manager, Deputy Warden, Warden and Superintendent postings, including facility assignments and salary years.
• No litigation, DOJ finding, audit, or news document in the records provided names Fraser or her facilities during her leadership tenures.

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.