(KAIR)--An inmate at the Lansing Correctional Facility is dead, with the 25-year-old found ill inside the facility clinic Tuesday afternoon, according to a release from Kansas Department of Corrections.
Identified as Angel Pedro Lara, the release explains that "Staff and Emergency Medical Service personnel administered life-saving measures [Tuesday] and transported Lara to a local hospital.
Lara was pronounced dead Wednesday morning, with his cause of death unspecified, pending the results of an independent autopsy.
The release says Lara was serving a 123-month sentence for convictions of 2nd degree murder in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
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