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Wicker, Josh Dale
On GDC's 2025 payroll
Profile written September 23, 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
Georgia Prisoners' Speak records show no deaths attributed to facility-leader tenures held by Josh Dale Wicker, and no settled or pending wrongful-death litigation tied to those tenures. His career history is documented in the Positions table below. Wicker's recorded service begins as a corrections officer (2015), moves through captain (2016) and correctional unit manager (2017), then four consecutive years as a deputy warden (2018–2021) — a facility-deputy tier, not a warden posting — before the position records show a return to the correctional officer ranks as Correctional Ofc 2 (2022–2023) and Correctional Ofc 3 (2024–2025). No facility is named for any of those postings in the records.
Two single-date entries place him at Rogers State Prison: Correctional Ofc 2 on Nov. 22, 2023, and Correctional Ofc 3 on Aug. 27, 2026. Both are staff-tier entries; the records contain no intel reports or intel events dated inside his time at that facility, and no news reports naming him.
Litigation
- Martin v. Holt, No. 5:23-cv-00004 (M.D. Ga.), filed Jan. 4, 2023 — status pending per CourtListener. No outcome or award recorded.
- Canning v. Jackson, No. 6:22-cv-00038 (S.D. Ga.), filed May 25, 2022 — terminated Nov. 2, 2023. No outcome or award recorded.
- Middleton v. Ward, No. 5:21-cv-00334 (M.D. Ga.), filed Sept. 10, 2021 — terminated March 9, 2022. No outcome or award recorded.
Court records indexed to Wicker list him as a defendant in the three federal cases above. None of the three case captions names him, and the records provided do not specify his role, the claims asserted, or the facilities at issue. No settlement amounts are recorded for any of them.
Sources
- CourtListener dockets: Martin v. Holt (5:23-cv-00004, GAMD); Canning v. Jackson (6:22-cv-00038, GASD); Middleton v. Ward (5:21-cv-00334, GAMD)
- Georgia Prisoners' Speak — personnel and facility-assignment records for Josh Dale Wicker (positions, salary years, Rogers State Prison entries)
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Correctional Ofc 3 | ROGERS STATE PRISON | 2026-08-27 → present |
| CORRECTIONAL OFC 3 | 2024-01-01 → present | |
| Correctional Ofc 2 | ROGERS STATE PRISON | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| CORRECTIONAL OFC 2 | 2022-01-01 → 2023-12-31 | |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | 2018-01-01 → 2021-12-31 | |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL UNIT MANAGER | 2017-01-01 → 2017-12-31 | |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL CAPTAIN | 2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31 | |
| CORRECTIONS OFFICER (SP) | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Lawsuits as defendant
| Case # | Court | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5:23-cv-00004 | GAMD | 2023-01-04 | pending |
| 6:22-cv-00038 | GASD | 2022-05-25 | terminated |
| 5:21-cv-00334 | GAMD | 2021-09-10 | terminated |
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