Kansas minimum custody inmate Morris on escape status

TOPEKA, Kansas – Minimum-custody prisoner Elvin Eugene Morris has been placed on escape status at approximately 7:50 p.m. Saturday, October 2, 2021, after he walked away from the Wichita Work Release Facility.

Morris, a 43-year-old black male, left for Walmart in the community at 4:05 p.m. and was reported missing when he did not report back to the 250-all male, minimum custody facility following an approved community pass.

Morris is currently serving a sentence for a conviction in Sedgwick County for removing electronic monitoring equipment. Morris was last seen leaving the Wichita Work Release Facility at 400 South Emporia in Wichita, Kansas.

Morris is 5 feet 10 inches tall, 179 pounds with brown eyes and black hair. Morris was last seen wearing jeans and a long sleeved, button up, white shirt and gray sweatshirt.

Anyone with information on Morris can call the Kansas Department of Corrections at 316-265-5211, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at (800) 572-7463 or local law enforcement at 911.

The escape is currently being investigated.  New information will be released as it becomes available.