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Wade, Erica J
Status: active
Profile written August 2, 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 career with the Georgia Department of Corrections as financial staff, serving as a Financial Ops Generalist in 2015 and 2016. She was promoted to Deputy Warden at Emanuel Women’s Facility in 2017 and has held that role continuously through at least 2025. GPS records attribute a total of one death to a facility during her leadership tenure — a single fatality at Emanuel Women’s Facility — and identify no lawsuits naming her as a defendant, nor any contemporaneous news coverage or facility-level intel reports directly tied to her oversight.What happened on their watch
Emanuel Women’s Facility (Deputy Warden, 2017–present)
During Wade’s time as deputy warden, one death is recorded at Emanuel Women’s Facility. On July 5, 2024, Lisa Michelle Morris, age 51, died while Wade served in her deputy warden role. The incident is categorized under cause category 6; no additional details concerning the circumstances or medical cause are provided in the GPS data. No lawsuits naming Wade as a defendant, no intel reports at the facility during her tenure, and no news mentions of incidents under her watch appear in the structured records. Historical events involving medical care at the facility under a previous medical director (2005–2015) do not overlap with Wade’s tenure and are not reflected in the accountability data for her leadership period.Sources
- GPS records — personnel positions, tenure spans, and death attribution for Erica J. Wade
- GPS death data — listing of Lisa Michelle Morris (July 5, 2024) as the sole recorded fatality during Wade’s deputy warden tenure at Emanuel Women’s Facility
- GPS litigation and intel records — absence of lawsuits and facility-specific intel reports tied to Wade’s leadership
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-00083 | GAMD | 2023-03-02 | 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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