AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Two former Augusta State Medical Prison correctional officers have been indicted on an accusation of neglecting a fire that resulted in an inmate’s death.

A two-count indictment was unsealed Thursday in the Southern District of Georgia charging Robert Roberson and Marcus Phillips with “violating the constitutional rights of an inmate by showing deliberate indifference to a substantial risk of harm to an inmate, resulting in his death.”

The indictment alleges that on Oct. 28, 2020, Roberson and Phillips became aware of a smoldering fire in an inmate’s cell.

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