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Two former correctional officers at Augusta State Medical Prison were indicted for the 2020 death of an inmate.

They are accused of failing to extinguish the fire, evacuate the inmate, or call for emergency assistance.

One officer is also charged with falsifying records to conceal his actions.

ATLANTA - Two former correctional officers at Augusta State Medical Prison have been indicted in connection with the death of an inmate in 2020.

Robert Roberson and Marcus Phillips are charged with violating the inmate's constitutional rights by showing deliberate indifference to a fire in his cell that caused his death.

The indictment, returned by a federal grand jury this week, alleges that on Oct. 28, 2020, the two officers noticed a smoldering

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