LANSING, Kan. –Lansing Correctional Facility (LCF) inmate 29-year-old Darionce Terrell Charles-Lott died Saturday night at the facility, according to a statement from the Kansas Department of Corrections.
Charles-Lott was found unresponsive in his cell with no pulse. Life-saving measures were administered. He was transported to the facility clinic where he later was pronounced deceased.
Charles-Lott was serving a 172-month sentence from Wyandotte County for one count of Aggravated Battery with Intent for Bodily Harm and was admitted to the facility on November 1, 2011.
The cause of death is pending further investigation and the results of an independent autopsy.
Per protocol, when a resident dies in the custody of the Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC), the death is under investigation by the KDOC and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.