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Wade, Erica J
Status: active
Profile written May 31, 2026
Salary
$79,687
2025 · state payroll
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
Erica J. Wade began her Georgia Department of Corrections career in financial operations roles during 2015 and 2016, before being appointed Deputy Warden at Emanuel Women’s Facility in 2017. She has remained in that deputy-leader post through at least 2025, a tenure now spanning nine calendar years. GPS records attribute a total of one death to the facilities under her leadership accountability — the sole fatality occurring at Emanuel Women’s Facility during her watch. No direct news coverage or litigation specific to that death has been identified, though unrelated civil suits naming Wade as a defendant exist in federal court.What happened on their watch
Emanuel Women’s Facility — Deputy Warden (2017 – present) While Wade served as Deputy Warden, GPS records show one death at the facility: on July 5, 2024, 51-year-old Lisa Michelle Morris died in custody. The agency’s cause-of-death category is recorded as “6” (a coded classification that does not, by itself, describe the manner or circumstance). No additional notes or investigative findings are supplied in the GPS intelligence corpus. The facility’s historical intel file contains multiple entries referencing a pattern of at least 22 women’s deaths under the care of a previous medical director, Dr. Yvon Nazaire, between 2005 and 2015; however, those events entirely predate Wade’s tenure, beginning in 2017, and therefore do not fall within her leadership timeline.Litigation
Court records identify five federal lawsuits in which Wade is listed as a defendant. None of these cases, per the available docket text, arise from her duties at Emanuel Women’s Facility or pertain to the death recorded there:- Willis v. Government Employees Insurance Company, No. 5:23-cv-00430 (M.D. Ga.), filed Oct. 26, 2023; terminated Jan. 23, 2026.
- Middlebrooks v. City of Macon Bibb County Georgia, No. 5:23-cv-00083 (M.D. Ga.), filed Mar. 2, 2023; terminated Feb. 12, 2024.
- Benvenutti v. Geico General Insurance Company, No. 5:22-cv-00182 (M.D. Ga.), filed May 11, 2022; terminated May 30, 2024.
- In re Paragard IUD Products Liability Litigation, No. 1:20-md-02974 (N.D. Ga.), filed Dec. 16, 2020; pending.
- Cunningham v. Fulton County Georgia, No. 1:16-cv-00533 (N.D. Ga.), filed Feb. 19, 2016; terminated Mar. 29, 2019.
Sources
- GPS personnel and accountability records — employment timeline, death count, and per-facility tally.
- GPS death incident record — Lisa Michelle Morris, July 5, 2024, Emanuel Women’s Facility.
- GPS intelligence database — multiple intel entries referencing historical deaths under Dr. Yvon Nazaire at Emanuel Women’s Facility (2005–2015).
- CourtListener / PACER federal dockets — five civil cases naming Erica J. Wade as defendant.
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| DEPUTY WARDEN | EMANUEL WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2017-01-01 → present |
| FINANCIAL OPS GENERALIST 3 | 2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31 | |
| FINANCIAL OPS GEN (AL) | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Lawsuits as defendant
| Case # | Court | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5:23-cv-00430 | GAMD | 2023-10-26 | terminated |
| 5:23-cv-00083 | GAMD | 2023-03-02 | terminated |
| 5:22-cv-00182 | GAMD | 2022-05-11 | terminated |
| 1:20-md-02974 | GAND | 2020-12-16 | pending |
| 1:16-cv-00533 | GAND | 2016-02-19 | terminated |
Deaths attributed during tenure
1 people died at facilities under Wade, Erica J's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-05 | LISA MICHELLE MORRIS | 51 | EMANUEL WOMEN’S FACILITY | DEPUTY WARDEN |
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