Both Maui Inmates Who Escaped Are Back In Custody
UPDATED: One man turned himself in to police hours after the Sunday escapes, while the other was captured Monday.
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WAILUKU, Maui (AP) — Two inmates escaped from a Hawaii jail and over a razor wire-topped fence, prompting a manhunt across the island of Maui before one of them turned himself in to police and the other was recaptured.
Troy Diego and Barret Paman escaped from the Maui Community Correctional Center on Sunday at about 2:30 p.m., authorities said. That’s when staff members noticed a broken door in the back of a dorm building.
The facility went into a lockdown and staff members found clothing the razor wire at the top of a perimeter fence, authorities said.
Paman, awaiting trial for burglary, theft and firearms charges, turned himself in to Maui police Sunday afternoon.
Diego was recaptured Monday. He’s awaiting trial for theft and unauthorized entry into a vehicle.
Both men were being held under the lowest level of custody, said Toni Schwartz, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Public Safety. They will face escape charges, she said.
The escapes came after a riot at the jail last month. The jail was designed to hold 301 inmates but had 410 at the time of the disturbance. State corrections officials say inmates were upset with extreme overcrowding.
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