RENO COUNTY —Hutchinson Correctional Facility inmate Scott Edward Wood, 49, died Friday, according to a media release from the Kansas Department of Corrections.
He was found unresponsive in his cell Friday afternoon. Staff began life-saving measures immediately and continued after emergency medical services arrived. Wood was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced deceased by medical staff.
Wood was serving a 50-month sentence for convictions of drug possession and aggravated escape committed in Sedgwick County, Kansas. He had ten previous convictions including for indecent liberties with a child, burglary and theft, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.
The cause of death is pending the results of an independent autopsy.
Per protocol, when a resident dies in the custody of the KDOC, the death is under investigation by the KDOC and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. The investigation is ongoing.