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Wade, Erica J
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Profile written August 30, 2026
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 is an active Georgia Department of Corrections employee. GPS records show she held financial operations roles in 2015 and 2016 with no listed facility, then served as deputy warden at Emanuel Women’s Facility each year from 2017 through 2025. Across that facility-leader tenure, GPS records attribute one death at Emanuel Women’s Facility to her watch. No lawsuits naming Wade as a defendant appear in GPS records, and no intel reports are tied to her personally.What happened on their watch
Financial operations, 2015–2016. Wade held financial staff titles — FINANCIAL OPS GEN (AL) and Financial Operations Generalist 3 — without a listed facility. GPS records show no deaths attributed to these postings.Emanuel Women’s Facility, deputy warden, 2017–2025. GPS records attribute one death at Emanuel Women’s Facility during Wade’s tenure in the deputy warden role. The decedent is Lisa Michelle Morris, 51, with an incident date of July 5, 2024; GPS records assign cause category 6. Wade held the DEPUTY WARDEN title at the facility at that time. No lawsuits or intel reports naming Wade are recorded for this posting. Because GPS records contain a single death during this tenure, no facility-level pattern can be established from the data provided.
Separately, GPS intelligence event entries for Emanuel Women’s Facility include repeated descriptions of at least 22 women dying under Dr. Yvon Nazaire’s care at Pulaski State Prison and Emanuel Women’s Facility between 2005 and 2015. Those events predate Wade’s 2017 deputy warden posting and are not counted in the one death attributed to her leadership tenure.
Sources
- GPS records — personnel positions and salary data for Erica J. Wade, 2015–2025.
- GPS records — attributed death total, deaths by facility, and decedent entry for Lisa Michelle Morris.
- GPS intelligence event entries — Emanuel Women’s Facility, entries concerning Dr. Yvon Nazaire deaths dated 2005–2015.
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Warden | EMANUEL WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2026-08-27 → present |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | EMANUEL WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2017-01-01 → present |
| Deputy Warden | EMANUEL WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| 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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