WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities in south-central Kansas’ Sedgwick County say they’re investigating the death of a 25-year-old inmate in the county jail.
The sheriff’s department says the inmate was found unresponsive in his cell about 8:50 a.m. Sunday while he was being housed in the detention clinic for an unspecified medical issue.
The inmate was pronounced dead about a half hour later after resuscitation efforts failed.
Authorities did not publicly identify the inmate.
The sheriff’s department says the inmate was booked in to the jail on Friday on unspecified misdemeanor charges.