Investigation underway after inmate found dead at residential work release facility

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a man’s death in a dorm at a Sedgwick County Department of Corrections work release facility in Wichita.

Sedgwick County said at about 5:30 a.m. Monday, a corrections officer conducting a dorm check at the facility was notified that a 22-year-old man, court-assigned to the work-release program, “was not doing well.” The officer found the man staying at the facility unconscious, the county said.

The man died at the facility following efforts from officers and paramedics to revive him, a Sedgwick County news release said.