Inmate Dies In Prison Farm Accident

Michael F. Easley Governor		Theodis Beck Secretary
North Carolina Department of Correction

For Release: IMMEDIATE	Contact: Keith Acree
Date: Sept. 29, 2006	Phone: 919 -716-3727

Inmate dies in prison farm accident TILLERY – A state prison inmate died this afternoon, the victim of an apparent drowning, in an accident on the Caledonia Prison Farm in Halifax County. Inmate Terry Grice, 32, was on horseback, tending a herd of cattle when a bull from the herd charged the horse that Grice was riding. Grice and the horse were knocked into a pond, where Grice apparently drowned. His body was recovered by rescue divers about 1:30 p.m. The horse survived the incident unhurt. Grice was a minimum-custody inmate from neighboring Tillery Correctional Center, who was assigned to work on the farm. He was serving a 9-to-11 month sentence for breaking and entering and larceny, after being convicted in Robeson County. The Halifax County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the incident. # # #