Inmate dies in Travis County Jail on the day he was set to be released

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Authorities are working to determine how a Travis County Sheriff’s inmate died while in custody last week.
The Travis County Sheriff’s Office says 46-year-old Dennis Rogers was found unresponsive in his jail cell on Thursday, Oct. 20. The department says Rogers, a transient in the area, had just finished his lunch and was actually set to be released from jail when deputies found him.
Rogers was booked into the jail on Oct. 14 to start his 10-day s