Sister of Lansing inmate fears for his health, safety

The inmate uprising at Lansing Correctional Facility is over and the Kansas Department of Corrections is promising an investigation, but concerns about how the state prison is handling the spread of COVID-19 behind the walls remain.

HUNDRED-77 CASES.TODAY -- KANSASGOVERNOR LAURA KELLYADDRESSED THE RIOT ATLANSING CORRECTIONALFACILITY THAT STARTEDYESTERDAY AFTERNOONAND DIDN'T END UNTILNEARLY 12 HOURS LATER.GOV.

LAURA KELLY /KANSAS"This is the first time duringouradministration that an incidentof thismagnitude has occurred."THIS COMES AFTER 12INMATES AND SIXTEESTAFF MEMBERS ATLANSING TESTED POSITIVEFOR THE CORONAVIRUAS 41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER SARAH PLAKESHOWS US - FAMILIES AREWORRIED ABOUT WHAT'STO COME NEXT.corrections is handling thespread of coronavirus withinthe prison have not goneaway.One woman whose brotherinside the prison tells us why.Patricia Rudder hasn't beenable to talk to her brother, aninmate at the LansingCorrectional Facility, since ariot broke out on Thursday.We don't know exactly whattriggered the outbreak.

Wehave staff interviewing thepopulation, debriefing tstaff, should know in thefuture, but i don't know today.Patricia echoes what herbrother has told her in phoneconversations -- that inmatesin Block C started the riotbecause they don't feel they'rebeing protected enough fromcoronavirus.She doesn't know if herbrother has coronavirus, butsays he's sick..

And worriesfor his safetywe've known for months, theycould have gotten the masksthey could have gotten thegloves, they couldve doneanything.Jeff Zmuda, Secretary of theKansas Department ofCorrections, responded oFriday."Kansas correctionindustries is producinfacility, and we'll progressthrough all of our correctionalunits."Rudder says this should habeen implemented from thebeginninSarah Plake 41 actio