WICHITA, Kansas. – A minimum-security resident who escaped from the Wichita Work Release Facility was found dead in southwest Wichita on Friday following a joint law enforcement operation between the Kansas Department of Corrections, the Wichita Police Department and Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office, according to a media release from the KDOC.
The Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) was actively pursuing Jauwon Allen, 36, who had walked away from the work release facility Thursday night, August 13, 2026.
Investigators received a tip indicating that Allen may have been at a residence located in southwest Wichita. KDOC agents approached the home to apprehend him…