Correctional Officer Kristopher Moules died after he and an inmate fell down an elevator shaft during a struggle inside of the Luzerne County Correctional Facility.

The inmate, who was in jail for failing to register as a sex offender, attacked Officer Moules. The two crashed through an elevator door and fell several floors to the bottom of the elevator shaft. Officer Moules was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. The inmate also died as a result of the fall.

Officer Moules had served with the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for 10 months.
Please contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:
Interim Warden James J. Larson
Luzerne County Correctional Facility
99 Water Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711

Phone: (570) 829-7741