McRae, Joseph

Tenure Summary

Joseph McRae's Georgia Department of Corrections record begins at the entry level: salary records list him as a Correctional Officer 1 in 2018 (partial-year pay of $7,125.02) and 2019 ($30,048.70), then as a Correctional Officer 2 from 2020 through 2023, with annual pay rising from $32,505.45 to $50,281.15. None of those staff-tier records name a facility.

His first recorded leadership posting is Deputy Warden, appearing in a single-date record at Walker State Prison on 2023-11-22 and continuing in annual salary records at the same facility for 2024 ($65,188.88) and 2025 ($69,779.47), with a further Deputy Warden entry at Walker dated 2026-08-27. Across that leadership tenure, GPS's death tally attributes zero deaths to McRae's watch. No lawsuits naming him as a defendant and no news reports naming him appear in the records.

What happened on their watch

Deputy Warden, Walker State Prison — from 2023-11-22 (annual records 2024–2025; further entry 2026-08-27)

No deaths are attributed to McRae's tenure as Deputy Warden, and the records include no lawsuits filed against him in that role and no news coverage naming him. What the record does contain are two GPS intel event entries dated 2025-05-17, both logged while McRae's listed role was Deputy Warden, and both concerning the same incarcerated person, Jason Palmer.

The first entry records that Palmer was held in segregation and alleges he was denied adequate food and phone access for months; it further reports that he described severe hunger and rampant violence with inadequate staff oversight. The second entry describes inhumane conditions — segregation, food denial, a "communication blockade," weapon contraband, and staff absence. These are allegations recorded in GPS's incident tracking, not adjudicated findings, and no disposition is shown in the data.

One discrepancy should be flagged: the positions data attaches facility ID 107 to Walker State Prison, but both intel event records carry that same facility ID 107 while their titles reference Telfair State Prison. GPS's records as provided do not resolve which facility name is correct for the May 17, 2025 events; the events are indexed here under the same facility ID as McRae's Deputy Warden postings.

Nothing in the provided records documents a death, a filed lawsuit, a settlement, or a DOJ finding tied to McRae's leadership tenure. His 2018–2023 correctional-officer years are recorded only as title, dates, and salary, with no facility assigned, so no incident or death data is available for those periods one way or the other.

Sources

• GPS personnel and position records — GDC salary/title history for Joseph McRae, 2018–2026, including Deputy Warden entries at facility ID 107
• GPS intel event records — two incident entries dated 2025-05-17 concerning Jason Palmer, logged with `role_at_time` of DEPUTY WARDEN at facility ID 107 (titles reference Telfair State Prison; position records name Walker State Prison for the same ID)
• GPS death attribution tally — zero deaths attributed to McRae's leadership tenures
• No court records, DOJ documents, or news mentions are present in the provided 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.