PRATT, Kan. – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has been called in to investigate a inmate in the Pratt County Detention Center who was found hanging in his cell.
Pratt County Detention Officers responded to an inmate hanging in a cell Tuesday afternoon at approximately 1:40 p.m.
Pratt County Emergency Services were called and the inmate was taken first to Pratt Regional Medical Center and then transferred to a Wichita hospital for treatment.
The name of the inmate was not released and Pratt County Sheriff Officials say no other information will be released.