Death of inmate at Phillips State Prison being investigated
The death of an inmate at Phillips State Prison in Buford, Ga., is being investigated.
A report from the Georgia Department of Corrections, which is conducting the investigation, says Demitri Carter died Sunday of an apparent suicide.
According to the report, it was 2:10 p.m. when an correctional officer found Carter unresponsive in his cell. Prison medical staff provided life saving measures to revive him.
Carter was pronounced dead at 2:50 p.m by an on-call medical doctor.
Carter was sentenced in 2014, in Cherokee County, for aggravated assault.
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This story was originally published November 1, 2017 at 11:46 AM with the headline "Death of inmate at Phillips State Prison being investigated."