Inmate Death Under Investigation

Commissioner: Timothy C. Ward

Director of Public Affairs: Joan Heath

FORSYTH, Ga. – Special Agents with the Georgia Department of Corrections’ (GDC) Office of Professional Standards are investigating the death of an inmate at Baldwin State Prison in Hardwick, Ga., as a suspected homicide.

Agents have reason to believe offender Joshua Williams (GDC#1002039975) died as a result of injuries sustained during an altercation involving another inmate on July 3.  Emergency Medical personnel responded and life saving measures were performed. Williams was pronounced deceased at a local hospital at approximately 3:30 a.m., July 3.  The GDC is conducting an investigation into the death, as standard procedure.

Williams was sentenced to 25 years in 2017, in Fulton County for Rape and Armed Robbery.

 About the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC)

The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) has one of the largest prison systems in the U.S. and is responsible for supervising approximately 52,000 state prisoners. It is the largest law enforcement agency in the state with approximately 10,500 employees. For more information on the GDC, call 478-992-5247 or visit http://www.gdc.ga.gov.