Minimum security inmate placed in escape status at Johhnson County Work Release facility

GARDNER, Kansas. –  Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) resident Ricardo Marin-Valadez was placed on escape status at approximately 6:00 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 9, after not reporting to his job yesterday morning or returning to the facility.

Marin-Valadez, a 24-year-old Hispanic male, was reported missing when the resident could not be located at the Johnson County Department of Corrections (JCDOC) Adult Residential Center (ARC). This walkaway does not impact the facility’s security or operations.

Marin-Valadez is 5-foot 11-inches, and weighs 206 pounds, with a heavy build. He has brown hair and eyes and was last seen wearing black t-shirt and camouflage shorts.

Marin-Valadez was convicted in Johnson County for drug-related convictions. He is serving a 15-month sentence at the ARC, from which he walked away. Under an agreement between the KDOC and JCDOC, residents with release plans appropriate to Johnson County are housed at the ARC

Anyone with information on Marin-Valadez can call KDOC’s Enforcement, Apprehension, and Investigations (EAI) Division at 816-266-2102, JCDOC at 913-715-6539, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation at (800) 572-7463, or local law enforcement at 911. Kansans can also contact EAI by email at KDOC_EAI_Intel@ks.gov.

The walk-away is being investigated.  New information will be released as it becomes available.