August 25, 2008
Inmate escapes South Bay prison
Authorities are still searching today for a minimum-security inmate who escaped the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa on Sunday.
Manuel Casillas, a 24-year-old inmate serving time for a second-degree burglary conviction, was last seen at Sunday's 6 p.m. inmate count, according to prison officials. Corrections officers discovered him missing at 9:30 p.m. during another inmate count, according to officials.
Casillas was sentenced to the male prison on June 20, 2006 and scheduled to be paroled Oct. 25, according to officials. The prison houses about 4,700 minimum, medium and maximum security inmates…
LINK - SignonSanDiego.com (San Diego Union-Tribune)
