An inmate at the South Central Correctional Center at Licking died Monday evening, the Missouri Department of Corrections reported.
Jesse Driskill, 26, was serving a 12-year sentence for first-degree endangering the welfare of a child out of Cole County and three counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child out of Callaway County. The death occurred at 8:28 p.m.
Driskill had been in prison since Aug. 12, 2019.
Officials said an autopsy will be conducted.