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Escambia County Escaped Inmate Captured
November 3, 2017
An escaped prisoner from an Escambia County Road Prison has been captured.
Philip James Hammac, 44, was taken into custody Friday afternoon. Hammac was found hiding in the bed of a pickup truck in the Frito-Lay parking lot on McLemore Street.
Hammac ran about 10:30 a.m. while the work crew and supervisors were picking up supplies from the county’s storage yard in Ellyson Industrial Park. Deputies and K-9 teams from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office and the road prison are searched the area.
Ferry Pass Middle and Ferry Pace Elementary schools were place on lockdown as a precaution.
Anyone that sees Hammac or knows his whereabouts should dial 911.
Hammoc has not been sentenced and was being held on charges of burglary, larceny and possession of methamphetamines. He had been at the Escambia County Road Prison since October 16.
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7 Responses to “Escambia County Escaped Inmate Captured”
Everyone’s got a darn opinion… Can’t you just praise the local under paid law officers once for do a good job!!!!! Thank guys for a speedy recovery.
Alabama Girl….
Thank you for the information.
Should lower recidivism
He won’t be back there.
Didn’t even hang around for a GED.
Daily operating procedures are flawed – he ran because he had the opportunity to run – remove the opportunity – prisoners allowed in public should be in chains its called chain gangs – honesty and trustworthiness are not character traits that got them incarcerated in the first place
The CRP is a excellent facility. It transitions inmates who are going to prison and helps better prepare them for a state facility. Also on the other hand those nearing a end of sentence it helps transition those about to be released back in to the free world. They get these men in a habit of working up early working a full day. CRP also helps the county w maintenace and up keep. You’ll always have some that abuse this privelage to be out there, is there a resolution to this. Yes maybe if a inmate is screened for eligibility by a point system based on his charges. Example if his charges points him out to 10 plus years in prison if convicted denied. Most people won’t run fro 3 to 5s so theres my input. But CRP is a excellent facility for rehabilitation.
Carolyn unfortunately you are incorrect. There are requirements for being moved to the CRP, such as no PRIOR escapes, violent history, etc, but one does not have to be sentenced. The majority are not sentenced in fact. This has gotten worse as the demand for housing has gotten worse due to inadequate amount of housing since the jail explosion. It has turned more towards a beggars can’t be choosers mentality for housing inmates
“being held on charges”? How was he on the road crew? I thought that was for the men who are nearly done and so therefore would want to behave and complete their sentence. This is lousy.