Why would an inmate with a short time to go in his prison sentence walk away from a facility designed to ease soon-to-be ex-cons back into society?
Authorities had no immediate answer to that question Monday as they hunted a prison inmate who walked away from a male re-entry program facility in Los Angeles.
Jory Mixon was reported missing at 6:55 p.m. Saturday when staffers noticed his GPS device had been manipulated, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
The 29-year-old was at the Male Community Re-entry Program Facility at 6th and Alvarado streets in the Rampart area, a site where inmates with fewer than 120 days on their sentences are housed, department officials said.
Mixon was serving a nearly three-year sentence for reckless driving and evading a police officer back in 2015.
Mixon is a Hispanic male with black hair and brown eyes. He is 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 230 pounds.
The re-entry facility is a voluntary program and links inmates to a range of community-based rehabilitative services that aid with substance abuse disorders, mental health care, medical care, employment and housing.
Anyone who has seen Mixon or has knowledge of his whereabouts is being asked to call 911.
–City News Service