Name not reported
According to J.T., a person held at Phillips State Prison in Georgia, an older man with mental health issues died at a hospital two days after other prisoners beat him and threw him off an upper range at an earlier facility. J.T. said a guard had ordered the beating. J.T. said the prison told the family the death was an accident. The man's name has not been reported, and the account has not been confirmed by the prison or by any official record.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (disputed). Witness J.T. says other prisoners beat him and threw him off an upper range at a previous facility where a guard ordered the beating, and that the prison told the family it was an accident.
Reported by: J.T., a person held at Phillips State Prison (witnesses); Phillips State Prison, as J.T. reported it to the family's account (the agency that held him).