A woman who walked away from a community reentry program in Northern California turned herself in at a prison in SoCal, authorities say.
According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), Serena A. Moreno-Carrera walked off the Female Community Reentry Program (FCRP) facility in Sacramento County on Saturday; the time was not disclosed.
She eventually turned herself in at the California Institution for Women, located in Chino, around 1:20 a.m. Monday, corrections officials said.
Details on how she got from Sacramento County to SoCal are not known.
Moreno-Carrera was received from Yolo County on Aug. 6, 2021, CDCR said in a media release. She was sentenced to eight years and eight months for mayhem, vandalism, vehicle theft and hit-and-run causing injury.
CDCR’s Female Community Reentry Program is a voluntary program that allows eligible offenders in state prison to serve the end of their sentences in the reentry center, providing them with the programs and tools necessary to transition from being in custody to being back in the community.
For the FCRP, individuals must have no more than two-and-a-half years and no less than 60 days until their earliest possible release date in order to qualify. In addition to Sacramento County, there are FCRP locations in San Joaquin, Kern and San Diego counties; L.A. County has two locations.
Per state corrections officials, 99 percent of people who have walked away from an adult institution, camp or community-based program since 1977 have been apprehended.