Wade, Erica J

Tenure Summary

Erica J Wade's documented career with the Georgia Department of Corrections begins in financial operations: a Financial Ops Generalist (AL) post in 2015 at a salary of $25,740.61, and a Financial Ops Generalist 3 post in 2016 at $28,234.11. Neither role is tied to a facility in the available records. In 2017 she moved into custody leadership as a Deputy Warden at Emanuel Women's Facility, a facility-deputy tier role she held continuously through 2025, with her salary rising from $38,563.76 in 2017 to $79,686.72 in 2025. Records show her titled Deputy Warden of Administration at Emanuel Women's Facility from July 16, 2026, and a one-day Deputy Warden entry dated August 27, 2026.

One death is attributed to her leadership tenure: Lisa Michelle Morris, age 51, who died July 5, 2024, at Emanuel Women's Facility while Wade held the Deputy Warden role there. GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, meaning the cause has not been recorded. No lawsuits naming Wade as a defendant appear in the records provided, no intelligence reports or events dated within her facility tenure are recorded against her, and no news reports name her directly.

What happened on their watch

Emanuel Women's Facility — Deputy Warden (2017–2025, and Deputy Warden of Administration from July 16, 2026)

Emanuel Women's Facility is the only facility in the record tied to Wade's leadership. During her tenure as Deputy Warden there, one death is attributed to the period:

• Lisa Michelle Morris died July 5, 2024, at Emanuel Women's Facility; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending (which means GPS does not yet know the cause), with her age at death recorded as 51. Wade held the Deputy Warden role on that date, and the death is classified in the facility-deputy accountability tier.

That single death is the whole of the death record attributed to Wade's leadership: the registry totals one death across her facility-leadership tenure, and all of it falls at Emanuel Women's Facility. Beyond the death record itself, the sources carry nothing further on the circumstances of Morris's death — no lawsuit, no intelligence report, and no news account naming Wade in connection with it. Records also show no intelligence reports or intel events dated inside her leadership tenure at Emanuel Women's Facility, and no suits listing her as a defendant.

Her current status in GDC records is active, and no source in the record assigns a different status.

Sources

• Georgia Prisoners' Speak death registry — Lisa Michelle Morris, died July 5, 2024, Emanuel Women's Facility, cause listed Unknown/Pending, age 51
• GDC personnel and salary records — Deputy Warden, Emanuel Women's Facility, 2017–2025; Deputy Warden of Administration, Emanuel Women's Facility, from July 16, 2026; financial operations roles, 2015–2016

No court records, DOJ findings, or press accounts naming Wade appear in the material underlying this page.

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Oct 11, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.