A Lansing Correctional Facility resident passed away over the weekend while under observation inside the infirmary. When 53-year-old George Dobbs was found unresponsive, life-saving measures began and continued after emergency medical services arrived. The cause of death is pending the results of an independent autopsy, although the death was not related to COVID-19.

The death is under investigation by the KDOC and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and is currently ongoing.

Dobbs was serving an 89-month sentence on convictions of Distribution of heroin or meth.

The Lansing Correctional Facility opened in 1867 and maintains maximum and medium units totaling 1,920 beds, and a 512-bed minimum security unit.