{"id":59352,"date":"2025-08-07T19:59:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T02:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=59352"},"modified":"2025-08-07T20:00:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T03:00:34","slug":"georgia-correction-officers-who-allegedly-let-inmate-die-from-smoke-inhalation-indicted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=59352","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Correction Officers Who Allegedly Let Inmate Die from Smoke Inhalation Indicted"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"7e124d62-169a-4fd1-a346-df25d364a5bf\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"1eb36907-0dde-4ae9-9df6-a19818daf77a\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"386\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3600 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Federal-Bureau-of-Prisons-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Federal-Bureau-of-Prisons-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Federal-Bureau-of-Prisons-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Federal-Bureau-of-Prisons.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A federal grand jury this week in Georgia indicted former Augusta State Medical Prison correctional officers Robert Roberson and Marcus Phillips for violating an inmate\u2019s constitutional rights by showing deliberate indifference to a substantial risk of harm, leading to his death. Roberson also faces a charge of falsifying a logbook to cover up his actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" title=\"\" data-start=\"388\" data-end=\"660\" data-speechifyclicktoplay-highlight=\"true\" data-speechifyclicktoplay-no-background=\"true\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The indictment alleges that on Oct. 28, 2020, both officers ignored a smoldering fire in the inmate\u2019s cell\u2014failing to extinguish it, evacuate the inmate, remove the smoke, or call a fire emergency\u2014and left him locked inside for hours until he died from smoke inhalation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" title=\"\" data-start=\"662\" data-end=\"711\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-speechifyplaybackhighlighter-highlight=\"true\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The FBI Augusta Resident Agency is investigating.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal 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