It wasn’t a great escape for this prison escapee.
An inmate at a Hawaii prison was seriously injured in a hit-and-run while fleeing on a highway after climbing a razor wire fence.
Matthew J. Ornelas Jr., 33, who was serving time at the Kauai Community Correctional Center on drug charges, allegedly fled the facility around 1 a.m. Friday and crashed into an oncoming vehicle on Kuhio Highway.
Ornelas traveled about 300 feet before being struck by a driver who made a U-turn and fled the scene, police and police said. Local report.
He remains hospitalized in serious condition in police custody while authorities search for the driver.
Kauai Community Correctional Center, located on the east coast of Kauai, is a medium-security and minimum-security facility. Ornelas was under minimal security, but According to a spokesperson For the Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
According to its website, the 130-bed facility offers educational, substance abuse treatment, religious, arts and labor programs, as well as “a lifelong stand program that offers paramilitary programs such as marching, training, physical education, education and training. ‘ is also provided. Community outreach. ”
a January press release It cited challenges posed by “the state’s aging and inefficiently constructed correctional facilities” and “failure to improve chronic safety and security concerns.”
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