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 Macon State Prison in Oglethorpe, Ga., as a suspected homicide.

Agents have reason to believe offender Robbie Brower (GDC#154005) died as a result of injuries sustained during an altercation involving another inmate on October 4.  Medical personnel responded and life saving measures were performed.  Brower was pronounced deceased at the facility, at approximately 8:29 a.m.  The GDC is conducting an investigation into the death, as standard procedure.

Brower was sentenced to serve sixty years in 2006, in Bulloch County for Kidnapping.

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 50,000 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