Fulbright, Joshua Craig

Tenure Summary

Joshua Craig Fulbright has worked within the Georgia Department of Corrections since at least 2011, rising from correctional officer at Arrendale State Prison through sergeant, lieutenant, and captain before moving into deputy-warden-level roles. GPS records show he held unit-supervisor accountability at Arrendale (2022–2023) and facility-deputy accountability at Phillips State Prison beginning October 2024. Across those two leadership-tier postings, GPS records attribute 14 distinct individual deaths to periods when Fulbright held a unit-supervisor or facility-deputy role — eight at Arrendale during his captain tenure and at least 14 at Phillips during his deputy-warden tenure (after deduplicating records that appear under both title variants). No lawsuits naming Fulbright as a defendant appear in GPS records.

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What Happened on Their Watch

Arrendale State Prison — Correctional Captain (2022–2023)

Fulbright held the rank of Correctional Captain at Lee Arrendale State Prison, a women's facility, across calendar years 2022 and 2023. GPS records attribute eight deaths to that period. Seven carry cause-category 6 (a catch-all non-homicide classification): Lisa Ann Lebis (Jan. 15, 2022), Cheryl Ann Snover (Mar. 17, 2022), Amberly Dawn Stockton (May 20, 2022), Bobbi Lynn Smith (Dec. 20, 2022), Ruby Anne Evans (Mar. 6, 2023), Sharon Denise Wimberly (Jun. 25, 2023), and Monica Sanders Robinson (Aug. 30, 2023). The eighth, Angela Denise Anderson, 39, died September 11, 2022; the AJC's Georgia Prison Homicides investigation reports her cause of death as asphyxia due to neck and chest compression — a homicide. The facility carried its own documented backdrop during this period: in 2021, GDC blocked state lawmakers from entering Arrendale while they investigated allegations of inhumane treatment and inadequate medical care, per GPS records. In early 2024 — after Fulbright had left the captain role but while the facility remained in the record — two women, Sherry Elaine Joyce (Apr. 27, 2024) and Hallie Marie Reed (May 5, 2024), were allegedly strangled in the mental health unit, with a fellow prisoner later charged in both deaths; and a lieutenant, Russell Edwin Clark, was arrested May 1, 2024 on charges of sexual contact with a prisoner.

Phillips State Prison — Deputy Warden of Security / Deputy Warden (Oct. 2024–present)

Fulbright transferred to Phillips State Prison as Deputy Warden of Security in October 2024. GPS records attribute at least 14 distinct deaths to his tenure there through February 2026. The deaths span a wide age range — from Joseph Ulrich, 30, to Alonzo Carter Jr., 78 — and include multiple cause-category 6 entries alongside at least three classified as homicides (cause-category 3). Corey Madison Cochran, 29, died December 18, 2024; GPS research notes the family was unaware of the cause and describes Phillips as a "high-violence facility." Brandon LaShaun Mincey, 37, died October 11, 2024, after being stabbed by other inmates, per WTOC and FOX 5 Atlanta — outlets that noted the death came weeks after a DOJ report on the facility. Jody Stokes died January 13, 2025; the death record lists homicide due to strangulation. One death, Thomas Nicely (Jan. 23, 2025), lists myocardial infarction, hypertension, and prostate cancer; Shun Pinkston (Jan. 18, 2025) lists end-stage dementia; William Pate (Jan. 14, 2025) lists HIV complications.

The facility's broader context during Fulbright's tenure is documented in GPS records: the AJC alleges that officers arranged for 19-year-old Quafabian Melik McBride to be brought to the lockdown unit on the day he was stabbed to death there in September 2022 — before Fulbright's arrival — and that the killing triggered a gang war across multiple GDC prisons, hospitalizing 20 prisoners, per DOJ findings. The AJC also alleges that Dave Stone was assaulted in a mental health ward with pipes wrapped in cloth, resulting in brain death (November 2021). A January 2026 gang-violence incident at a connected facility resulted in five deaths and multiple hospitalizations, per GPS records. A federal judge in March 2026 denied dismissal of a lawsuit challenging Georgia's juvenile-lifer parole process as a possible constitutional sham, a case linked to Phillips.

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Sources

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Georgia Prison Homicides investigation; reporting on Angela Denise Anderson cause of death; allegations regarding McBride lockdown transfer; Dave Stone mental health ward assault
• WTOC / FOX 5 Atlanta — Reporting on Brandon LaShaun Mincey stabbing death at Phillips SP; coverage noting deaths followed DOJ report
• GPS records — Career and salary data; death attribution records; facility event log; intel reports on Phillips SP and Arrendale SP
• DOJ investigation findings — McBride homicide gang-war aftermath; 20 prisoners hospitalized across GDC facilities
• Court records (GPS intel events log) — Federal lawsuit re: juvenile-lifer parole process at Phillips SP; denial of dismissal March 17, 2026

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on May 10, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.