(Sophie Mann) The inmates escaped a minimum-security prison complex in Virginia in the hours before Saturday morning.
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by Sophie Mann, June 20th, 2022
Four inmates remained on the run Monday after escaping from a federal prison camp in Virginia over the weekend.
The inmates – identified as Corey Branch, Tavares Lajuane Graham, Lamonte Rashawn Willis, and Kareem Allen Shaw – were reported missing in the early hours Saturday morning, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
It is not clear how they escaped. An internal investigation into the escape has been launched, according to BOP.
The U.S. Marshals Service, FBI, and other law enforcement agencies are aiding in the ongoing search.
Branch, 41, was serving a 160-month sentence for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, in addition to being charges as a felon in possession of a firearm.
Graham, 44, was serving 120-months for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug offense.
Willis, 30, was serving 216-months for possessing and concealing a stolen firearm and possession of a firearms by a convicted felon.
And Shaw, 46, was serving a 194-month sentence for heroin trafficking.
The facility from which the men escaped, the Federal Correctional Complex Petersburg’s satellite camp in Hopewell, Va., is located about 23 miles outside of Richmond. It is listed by BOP as a minimum-security facility that currently houses about 185 inmates.
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Sophie Mann is a Fast Filer for Just the News. She is a former Bartley Fellow at the Wall Street Journal. She graduated from Scripps College with a BA in Government. Sophie is a co-founder of Roundtable Productions, which most recently produced the short film Wax Paul Now (2019).
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