Inmate back in prison after walking away from LA community-reentry center

An inmate who walked away from a Los Angeles community-reentry center was back in prison Thursday after being arrested in the city of Commerce, the state Department of Corrections reported Thursday.

Daniel Coronel, 38, was taken into custody about 2:15 p.m Wednesday by agents from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Special Service Unit, said the department’s Krissi Khokhobashvili.

Coronel, who was sent to prison for two years for first-degree burglary, was scheduled to be paroled in May, Khokhobashvili said. He walked away from the community-reentry center at 2307 W. Sixth Street on Tuesday and was taken into custody the following day, she said.

The inmate was transported to the California Institution for Men in Chino, Khokhobashvili said.

— Wire reports