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Fraser, Yolande

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Profile written May 31, 2026

Current Position Superintendent Helms Facility
Salary $77,667 2025 · state payroll
Deaths Under Their Watch 14 during their tenure

This profile reflects positional accountability — this individual held the leadership roles shown during the dates shown, during which the listed deaths or lawsuits occurred. Inclusion does not constitute a legal finding of personal culpability for any specific incident.

Tenure Summary

Yolande Fraser has worked for the Georgia Department of Corrections since at least 2015, moving from behavioral-health counselor to supervisory and leadership roles. She held the position of Deputy Warden at the Metro Reentry Facility from January 2020 through December 2023, and since January 2024 she has served as the facility lead—first as Warden, then as Correctional Superintendent, and currently as Superintendent—at Helms Facility. GPS records attribute a total of 14 deaths to Fraser’s tenure, all of them at Metro Reentry while she was Deputy Warden. No lawsuits have been filed against Fraser in connection with those deaths, nor have any allegations of misconduct been recorded in the intelligence holdings reviewed by Georgia Prisoners’ Speak.

What happened on their watch

Metro Reentry Facility — Deputy Warden (2020–2023) During Fraser’s four years as Deputy Warden, 14 incarcerated individuals died at the facility. The deaths occurred across the entire period: the earliest recorded was Rodney Laronn Mobley (55) on November 6, 2020, and the last was James Joseph Marino (40) on November 4, 2023. All 14 deaths were classified under cause‑category 6 in GPS records. The decedents ranged in age from 31 to 81, and included Christopher Pettis (31), Carl Frederick Ziegenbein (36), Farrell Todd Collins (43), Terrence Tyrece Taylor (49), James Oscar Leachman (51), Rebecca Lynn Harkins (56), Larry Jerome Fowler (59), David Lee Treadwell (61), Jerry Wayne McBride (73), Roy Edward Harrell (75), Charlie B. Bowen (78), and Bobby C. Gayton (81). GPS records do not contain any intelligence reports of facility‑level disturbances or staff‑misconduct allegations tied to these deaths. A later death at Metro Reentry—Silas Westbrook, who died on January 17, 2026, after a medical emergency upon transfer—is not counted among the 14 deaths attributed to Fraser’s tenure, as it occurred more than two years after she left the Deputy Warden post.

Helms Facility — Warden/Correctional Superintendent/Superintendent (2024–present)
Fraser has held the top leadership position at Helms Facility since January 1, 2024. As of the most recent data extraction, no deaths have been recorded at Helms during her tenure.

Sources

  • Georgia Prisoners’ Speak structured personnel and mortality records — custody‑chain and cause‑category data for 14 deaths at Metro Reentry Facility, 2020‑2023, and position history for Yolande Fraser.

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on May 31, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.

Positions Held

TitleFacilityTenure
SuperintendentHELMS FACILITY2025-01-16 → present
CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENTHELMS FACILITY2025-01-01 → present
Warden (Helms Facility)HELMS FACILITY2024-01-01 → present
DEPUTY WARDENHELMS FACILITY2024-01-01 → 2024-12-31
DEPUTY WARDENMETRO REENTRY FACILITY2020-01-01 → 2023-12-31
CSM CORRECTIONAL UNIT MANAGERMETRO REENTRY FACILITY2019-01-01 → 2019-12-31
BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR SPV2018-01-01 → 2018-12-31
BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR SPVMETRO REENTRY FACILITY2017-01-01 → 2017-12-31
BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR SPV2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31
BEH HEALTH/COUNSELOR (WL)2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31

Deaths attributed during tenure

14 people died at facilities under Fraser, Yolande's leadership.

DateDecedentAgeFacilityRole at time
2023-11-04JAMES JOSEPH MARINO40METRO REENTRY FACILITYDEPUTY WARDEN
2023-10-20ROY EDWARD HARRELL75METRO REENTRY FACILITYDEPUTY WARDEN
2023-01-29BOBBY C GAYTON81METRO REENTRY FACILITYDEPUTY WARDEN
2022-12-27CHARLIE B BOWEN78METRO REENTRY FACILITYDEPUTY WARDEN
2022-11-13FARRELL TODD COLLINS43METRO REENTRY FACILITYDEPUTY WARDEN
2022-11-08REBECCA LYNN HARKINS56METRO REENTRY FACILITYDEPUTY WARDEN
2022-10-27TERRENCE TYRECE TAYLOR49METRO REENTRY FACILITYDEPUTY WARDEN
2022-02-14JERRY WAYNE MCBRIDE73METRO REENTRY FACILITYDEPUTY WARDEN
2022-02-10LARRY JEROME FOWLER59METRO REENTRY FACILITYDEPUTY WARDEN
2021-10-15DAVID LEE TREADWELL61METRO REENTRY FACILITYDEPUTY WARDEN
2021-08-19CARL FREDERICK ZIEGENBEIN36METRO REENTRY FACILITYDEPUTY WARDEN
2021-05-04JAMES OSCAR LEACHMAN51METRO REENTRY FACILITYDEPUTY WARDEN
2021-01-04CHRISTOPHER PETTIS31METRO REENTRY FACILITYDEPUTY WARDEN
2020-11-06RODNEY LARONN MOBLEY55METRO REENTRY FACILITYDEPUTY WARDEN

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