A Labette County inmate is found dead.

Yesterday morning around 9:50am, 31-year-old Kenneth J. Jones, Jr. was discovered unresponsive by his cellmates in the Labette County Detention Center. Jones had suffered an apparent self-inflicted injury. CPR was initiated and EMS was contacted. EMS transported Jones to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy is scheduled.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is in charge of investigating the deaths of prisoners in the custody of Kansas jails and prisons unless a physician is regularly attending to the inmate who dies, or the death is ruled natural by autopsy. The investigation is ongoing.