Hall Co drug inmate dies in state prison

The state Department of Corrections is investigating the death of an inmate who was convicted on drug charges in Hall County: 39 year-old Montra Moss died this week at the state medical prison in Augusta.

Moss was sentenced in 2017 for trafficking cocaine and possessing marijuana in Hall County.

This is the fourth death in Georgia prison in just over a week.

Prison officials said last week that two inmates apparently committed suicide on Oct. 29, one at Phillips State Prison in Buford and the other at Wilcox State Prison in Abbeville. Another inmate died Oct. 31 at Hancock State Prison.