Escaped Edna Mahan Inmate Captured

A prisoner who escaped from the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility on Sunday has been captured, authorities said.

Escaped prisoner
Photo Credit: *Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office*

10/31/2021 5:19 p.m.

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The inmate was reported missing from a minimum security unit at the facility sometime Sunday morning, a spokesperson from the prosecutor's office said.

She was last seen near Exit 13 on Route 78.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Hunterdon County Communications at 908-788-1202 or 911.

Edna Mahan Correctional Facility became the center of an investigation in the last year due to a series of sexual abuse charges among guards.

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