Prison Inmate Escapes From Work Release Program

July 11, 2016

UPDATE: THIS INMATE HAS BEEN RECAPTURED. Click here for details.

A prison inmate escaped from the Atmore Work Release program about 7:30 this morning, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections.

Authorities are searching for 37-year old Javarus Ridgeway. He was serving a 20-year sentence for a 1998 robbery conviction in Mobile County.

Ridgeway is described as a black male about five-feet, six-inches tall, 156 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing his state issued white shirt and pants.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call their local law enforcement agency or 911.

Comments

9 Responses to “Prison Inmate Escapes From Work Release Program”

  1. Gary Cooper on July 12th, 2016 9:04 am

    Well, he got readjusted.

  2. bewildered on July 12th, 2016 2:42 am

    He obviously does not want to be released and face life on the outside. He knows the escape will extend his prison stay. I would not be surprised if he turned himself in.

  3. Criag Pettis on July 11th, 2016 7:33 pm

    People wonder why this guy was at a Work Release. Being in prison for a while u become institionalized. So the last years of your sentence inmates are able to go to Work Releases so they can readjust to society. Let them get a feel of the free world. Cause when an inmate is locked up for so long it’s hard for him to adjust to something he been away from for so long.

  4. Gary on July 11th, 2016 4:53 pm

    The offucial who put this guy on work release should take his place in prison until the guy is captured

  5. William on July 11th, 2016 2:21 pm

    >>It might be helpful if you could tell us ABOUT where he escaped from.
    Thanks.

    I agree, but the Dept of Corrections has not told us that bit of obviously important information.

  6. Linda Sue Cooper on July 11th, 2016 12:45 pm

    Please keep us posted, as I am widow and live by myself and live close to the prison, have doors locked, but am little bit worried.

  7. anne on July 11th, 2016 12:45 pm

    I think he wanted to stay in prison. This is a good way to keep his home, which is all he know.s Like they say, not all of these people know how to survive on the outside.

  8. DCP on July 11th, 2016 12:24 pm

    It might be helpful if you could tell us ABOUT where he escaped from.
    Thanks.

  9. Legend on July 11th, 2016 10:13 am

    I guess he couldn’t wait 18 months to be free. After 18 years in prision. Apparently he wants to stay a little longer.

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