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Philbin, Edward L

Status: active

Profile written September 6, 2026

Current Position Warden 3
Salary $47,394 2023 · state payroll
Deaths Under Their Watch 179 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

Edward L. Philbin appears in GPS records in correction administration in 2015, as Warden 1 in 2016 and 2017, and then as Warden at Augusta State Medical Prison from December 1, 2017 to November 30, 2022. GPS records attribute 179 deaths during his facility-leader tenure, all at Augusta State Medical Prison.

During the ASMP posting, multiple federal lawsuits naming Philbin as a defendant were filed and terminated. GPS settlement records also show state liability payouts tied to ASMP during his tenure, including $5,000,000 related to the death of Thomas Henry Giles, $517,000 related to Terry Anthony, and $2,726.03 related to Justina Collins-Powell.

What happened on their watch

Earlier postings (2015–2017)

The 2015 correction administration and 2016–2017 Warden 1 postings are not linked to a specific facility in GPS records, and no facility-level deaths are attributed to those postings.

Augusta State Medical Prison (December 2017 – November 2022)

GPS records attribute 179 deaths at Augusta State Medical Prison to Philbin’s tenure. The provided sample of death records, which is capped and not exhaustive, covers decedents from January 2020 through November 2022. Per Richmond County Coroner’s Office records, many of these deaths were natural: cancer, sepsis, cardiac disease, renal failure, COVID-19 pneumonia, and other end-stage conditions.

The sample also includes deaths classified as homicides, suicides, and accidents. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Thomas Henry Giles, 31, died on October 28, 2020 from smoke inhalation after being left in a smoke-filled cell; the GBI medical examiner ruled the death a homicide, and GPS records note a $5 million state settlement. Eddie Gosier, 39, died May 2, 2020; the AJC reported ligature strangulation and alleged that guards moved a prisoner with a violent strangulation history into Gosier’s cell hours before his death. Other homicide-classified deaths in the sample include Rapheal Zachary Milligan, William Taylor Bodge, Ali Lamont Tanner, and Terry Lee Bennett, according to AJC reporting and Richmond County Coroner’s Office records.

Suicide deaths in the sample include Seth Brandon Spangler and Daryl Wayne Gordon, both certified as suicide by the GBI medical examiner. GPS records also document cause-coding conflicts for some ASMP deaths during this period: for example, the medical examiner ruled Dwayne Cecil Lord’s death a suicide while the Georgia Department of Corrections coded it accidental; the coroner ruled Napoleon Evangelista’s death accidental while GDC coded it natural; and for David S. Toney, the coroner recorded natural/medical causes while GDC coded homicide.

Litigation

  • Mosley v. Zachery, 1:15-cv-00029, GAMD, filed January 28, 2015; terminated September 21, 2017.
  • Martin v. Philbin, 1:18-cv-00128, GASD, filed August 17, 2018; terminated January 8, 2019.
  • Martin v. Philbin, 1:18-cv-00212, GASD, filed December 10, 2018; terminated October 23, 2019.
  • Danenberg v. Philbin, 1:19-cv-00044, GASD, filed March 21, 2019; terminated December 20, 2019.
  • Martin v. Philbin, 1:19-cv-00216, GASD, filed December 17, 2019; terminated January 8, 2020.
  • Terrell v. Seals, 5:24-cv-00295, GAMD, filed August 27, 2024; pending.

No outcome amounts are listed in the court records provided for these cases.

Sources

  • GPS personnel and mortality records
  • Richmond County Coroner’s Office summaries
  • GBI Division of Forensic Sciences autopsy records
  • Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Georgia Prison Homicides” investigation
  • UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project custodial mortality dataset
  • CourtListener docket records
  • Georgia Department of Administrative Services Risk Management settlement ledger

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

Positions Held

TitleFacilityTenure
WARDEN 32018-01-01 → 2023-12-31
WardenAUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON2017-12-01 → 2022-11-30
WARDEN 12016-01-01 → 2017-12-31
CORRECTION ADMINISTRATION2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31

Lawsuits as defendant

Case #CourtFiledStatus
5:24-cv-00295GAMD2024-08-27pending
1:19-cv-00216GASD2019-12-17terminated
1:19-cv-00044GASD2019-03-21terminated
1:18-cv-00212GASD2018-12-10terminated
1:18-cv-00128GASD2018-08-17terminated
1:15-cv-00029GAMD2015-01-28terminated

Deaths attributed during tenure

179 people died at facilities under Philbin, Edward L's leadership.

DateDecedentAgeFacilityRole at time
2022-11-24SETH BRANDON SPANGLER36AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-11-19JAMES EDWARD HAWES68AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-11-08JEFFERY SCOTT WILSON57AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-11-08JAMES H BUCHANS61AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-11-02ERIC DWIGHT RIDER34AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-11-01JOHNNY LAFAYETTE MEARS69AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-11-01ROBERT LEE ROBINSON59AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-10-13MICHAEL LORENZO WARD47AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-10-10BILLY GENE PORTER60AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-10-09DANIEL KESHAWN BROWN39AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-10-05SAMUEL LEE PETTIGREW74AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-10-04ROBERT LEE MOORE79AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-10-01MICHAEL CARNELL HURST65AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-09-26DARYL WAYNE GORDON25AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-09-26WILLIE JAMES MILLEDGE62AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-09-10RICKY LYN SINIARD66AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-09-04FREDRICK LEE DAVIS56AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-08-31FRANK PARRISH72AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-08-24HAROLD LEE RENDER66AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-08-10MIKE JETHRO REDFORD65AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-08-02GARY B SIGMON60AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-07-30BILLY CHARLES LEWALLEN56AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-07-21RAPHEAL ZACHARY MILLIGAN41AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-07-16CHANCE JEROD PERKINS35AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-07-13LANCE E FRIER52AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-06-30EUGENE MATHIS69AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-06-25ALLEN LARRY CARROLL71AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-06-24JAMES JACKSON TRIPP60AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-06-09JOHN CHARLES HUFF79AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-06-02KYLE EVAN JOHNSON56AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-05-17TERRY ROBERT JACKSON81AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-05-15LEROY WILLIAMS68AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-05-11JOSHUA HUGH LONG41AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-05-11JOSE SOLIS VARGAS60AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-05-11WILLIAM KNIGHT62AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-05-09MIMS MICHAEL MORRIS59AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-05-01ANDY LEE ELLINWOOD70AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-04-22EDDIE FRANK BRADFORD64AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-03-22RICHARD BROWN62AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-03-15JAVIER ESQUIVEL60AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-03-14JOHN LEE MCDONALD78AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-03-13WALTER HOWARD MCCLENDON50AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-03-08RONALD EDWARD GOUCHER47AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-02-26WALTER LEE ELLISON63AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-02-22VICTOR LEON BLOCKUM52AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-02-21WILLIE J PHILLIPS72AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-02-20BILLY JEROME WILLIAMS52AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-02-14ROBERT LEE HUNT72AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-02-12GEORGE ANTHONY BUFFKIN63AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-02-09KELVIN HARRIS42AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-02-07MICHAEL ANTHONY NEWKIRK63AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-02-06ROBERT LEWIS WHITE50AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-02-05WILLIAM T BODGE61AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-01-19HUGHEY EDWARD RITTER62AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-01-17CARLO TITINUS STEWART36AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-01-13WILLIAM ROY WILLIS59AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-01-10CHRISTOPHER THOM GRANTHAM63AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-01-09WILLIE LEE TENNYSON74AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-01-08MICHAEL TARVER59AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2022-01-07HENRY C ROBINSON65AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-12-31FRANKLIN DELANO RIVERS64AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-12-22JAMES W BUCKINGHAM69AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-12-16KENNETH GORDON ROBERTS74AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-12-11JOHN ARTHUR MORRIS52AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-11-28TIMMY BURGE57AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-11-26HAROLD WYNN71AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-11-26JAMIE WAYNE JOHNSON50AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-11-15DARCEL MARICE LEE47AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-11-05WILLIE JAMES STEWART75AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-10-14WILLIAM FRANKLIN MOORE62AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-10-08CHRISTOPHER SHANE MAGIN44AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-10-02TRAMMELL STARR YEAGER76AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-09-20RICKY S HELTON67AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-09-19SAMMY LANE61AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-09-19HANNIBAL WAYNE MCMULLEN56AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-09-14DWAYNE CECIL LORD53AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-09-12KODIE THOMAS FRANK DIDIEGO28AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-09-06JAMES CALVIN BRADY62AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-09-05HARDY JOE DAY58AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-09-01ANTHONY WAYNE GRIFFIN60AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-08-29CLEVELAND BAKER73AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-08-26LAMAR DANIELS38AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-08-25LARRY DARNELL JACKSON60AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-08-18JAMES CLAYTON BOOTH44AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-08-16ARTHUR L STEELE58AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-08-09DAVID CALVIN CROWE72AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-08-06CHRISTOPHER LEE BARNES51AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-08-04JEFFERY PAUL LONG59AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-08-03PAUL STAFFORD50AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-08-02RONNIE TRAVIS KEY69AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-07-24FREDDIE DAVIS63AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-07-24FRANK E HILL55AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-07-23DAVID S TONEY76AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-07-23FREDDIE LEE MARTIN54AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-07-02ALI LAMONT TANNER45AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-06-12TOMMY HICKS66AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-06-01PEACORY RICODDO MATHIS41AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-05-30THOMAS PALMER62AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-05-21DONALD M STEPHENS68AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-05-19CHRISTOPHER JEROME JOHNSON43AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-05-13JOHNNY LARRY MARLOW71AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-05-04RICHARD D MCCOMB73AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-04-30RONDOE JAMES HUTSON51AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-04-22ANTHONY SAMUEL SHERMAN43AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-04-14JAMES EGGLESTON76AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-04-13STEPHON WADE ODELL32AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-04-10SINCLAIR CALDWELL61AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-04-03ROBERT SLADE82AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-04-02EDWARD WAYNE FERGUSON57AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-03-02CLIFFORD E PELL88AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-02-28MYUNG KYOON PARK61AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-02-26JAMES KENNETH HEWITT58AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-02-10TIMOTHY ALLEN BOOTHE54AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-02-06MILTON DONALD BROOKS81AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-02-02RONALD WOOD68AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-01-10TERRY LEE BENNETT43AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2021-01-02NAPOLEON EVANGELISTA78AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-12-25BEN THURMAN TOWERY70AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-12-16REGINALD TODD61AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-12-02ERASTO FARIAS-TORRES58AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-11-26JOHN R PANGBURN52AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-11-24MICHAEL ELDER61AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-11-23WILLIE KING61AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-11-18CJ HENDERSON72AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-11-17HODARI CHURCHILL41AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-11-05JOHN ROBERT HILTON69AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-10-30DAVID LEE WILSON41AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-10-30ROY HOLT63AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-10-28THOMAS HENRY GILES31AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-10-27SHELBY CARTER69AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-10-16MANUEL PONCE DOMINGUEZ46AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-10-08NANCY CAROL FOSSETT61AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-10-07CARL E MCCLELLAND76AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-09-28GARY ROBERT COOPER64AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-09-12ALBERT W MCGULLIAN69AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-09-06LEON CHRISTOPHER CHESTER48AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-09-06WAYNE LEE FORD59AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-09-04KENNETH HERBERT YOUNG57AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-09-02BRUCE WAYNE PARKER42AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-08-29HAROLD GENE DUNN54AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-08-25WILLIE JAMES WALKER57AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-08-23ENOC BARRAZA38AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-08-21JAMES BENJAMIN BYERS65AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-08-21LOUIS RAMIEZ RICARTE86AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-08-17JOSE DIMAS MEJIA66AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-08-14MICHAEL TERRANCE COX68AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-08-08PERRY LEE FARR45AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-08-08ULYSSES JAMES71AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-07-24MIKE KENNETH MOORE52AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-07-22GLEN WEEMS69AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-07-15COREY MANDRELL ROANOKES41AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-07-08Johnny RobertsonAUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-07-08JOHNNY L TAYLOR77AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-07-01RAUL GOMEZ72AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-06-30MOLTON ROBERT JONES84AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-06-08ROBERT W ROPER55AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-06-05DANIEL DAVID HALE83AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-05-13CLYDE JAMES PITTMAN75AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-05-05TERRY R DAVENPORT61AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-05-02EDDIE GOSIER39AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-05-02CHARLES ARTHUR CROFTS72AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-04-30HERMAN T CAULEY71AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-04-08JERRY DONTORIE LACKEY39AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-03-20PETE LINWOOD BANKS69AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-03-18CHARLES BOBBY GRUBBS47AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-03-05KENNETH REGINALD HINES65AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-02-26GREGORY JOSEPH JOHNSON63AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-02-25KENECHUKWU CHINSO OKONKWO30AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-02-15THOMAS CLAUDE BUTLER72AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-02-14CLYDE JOHNSON65AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-02-11HARRY SCOTT61AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-02-03WILLIAM GARY LEWIS67AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-01-27RAYMOND PATRICK SHAW66AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-01-23STEVE ROOSEVELT BRUNSON52AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-01-21PAUL JOESPH MATTEI73AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-01-16CLAXTON BANKS61AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-01-15WILLIAM ELLIS LUMPKIN64AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-01-13LOUIS LEVERETT53AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden
2020-01-08STEPHEN COWART69AUGUSTA STATE MEDICAL PRISON Warden

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