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Lansing Correctional Facility inmate dies

By Staff | Oct 5, 2023

The exterior of the Lansing Correctional Center is seen Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, in Lansing, Kan.

Lansing Correctional Facility resident Michael Aineta died Wednesday, Oct. 4 after being transported to University of Kansas hospital where hospital staff pronounced him dead. 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 currently ongoing.

Aineta, 40, was serving a 190-month sentence for one count of rape and one count of criminal sodomy convictions in Seward County.