In a statement, the Bureau of Prisons said in 2021 that it strives to ensure safety and security at every one of its prisons and that when an inmate 'walks away' from a prison, officials will notify other law enforcement agencies and the media. Law enforcement officials have also routinely learned of inmates at the prison just walking off the grounds to retrieve drugs and other contraband that is dropped off in the woods and then bringing the illegal items back inside with them. They have no fence, no metal detectors.'įederal prison camps were originally designed with low security to make operations easier and to allow inmates tasked with performing work at the prison, like landscaping and maintenance, to avoid repeatedly checking in and out of a main prison facility.īut the lax security has now not only opened a gateway for contraband but is also the source of most of the prison system's escapes. 'Anybody can escape from any camp any minute of any day,' Jack Donson, a prison consultant and former case manager at a federal prison in Otisville, New York, told AP in 2021.
He was charged with second-degree escape, first-degree criminal impersonation, forgery, and second and third-degree theftĪll of the escapes happened at minimum-security federal prison camps, some of which don't even have fences, and house inmates the Bureau of Prisons considers to be the lowest security risk. Roman, who was originally in jail for drug dealing, was brought back into custody on April 18 - one day after going on the run. Twenty-nine prisoners escaped federal facilities between January 2020 to June 2021, with most of them never being found again.Īt some of the institutions, doors are left unlocked, security cameras are broken and officials sometimes don't notice an inmate is missing for hours.Īt one Texas lockup, security is so lax that local law enforcement officials privately joke about its seemingly 'open-door policy,' according to the Associated Press (AP). More than 2,000 inmates escaped from jail in 2019, according to Statista. He has been charged with second-degree escape, first-degree criminal impersonation, forgery, and second and third-degree theft. He was transferred back to Cowlitz from Columbia County jail this morning, Sheriff Brad Thurman told on Thursday. Law enforcement was then contacted to hunt down Roman, who remained on the loose for one day until he was taken back into custody on April 18. 'Corrections staff did not realize the wrong inmate had been released until the victim inmate contacted them to inquire about when he was to be released,' Chief Criminal Deputy, Troy Brightbill, said in a press release. The former roofer was caught on grainy surveillance leaving in a blue and white hoodie with the hood plugged low over his eyes, gray sweatpants, and slippers. After he was fully processed, correctional officers handed Roman the victim's 'clothing, keys, and wallet, which contained identification and a debit card.'īrian Francisco Roman, 26, of Longview, Washington, (pictured on his driver's license) escaped from the Cowlitz County jail on Monday after he claimed he was his cellmate, who was not identified, and prison guards believed him Roman, who was originally in jail for drug dealing, was smart enough to keep up the act and forged his roommate's signatures on the discharge paperwork. After calling out the inmate's name, Roman awoke and 'identified himself as that inmate and went with the corrections officers to be processed out of custody.' When officers entered the cell, 'all three inmates in the cell were asleep,' according to the Sheriff's Office. The Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office said the two men shared 'similar physical features.'ĭ has contacted the Sheriff's Office for comment. A drug dealing inmate walked right out of prison and went on the run after claiming to be his lookalike sleeping cellmate who was due to be released.īrian Francisco Roman, 26, of Longview, Washington, escaped from the Cowlitz County jail on Monday after he claimed he was his cellmate, who was not identified, and prison guards believed him.
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