Escaped inmate recaptured after leaving Mariposa County facility

MARIPOSA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A antheral who was incarcerated and walked distant from Mt. Bullion Conservation successful Mariposa County was captured little than 2 hours aboriginal Friday morning.

At astir 6 a.m., the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says Joshua J. Medina was discovered missing during a installation count. 

After Medina was discovered missing, they began a hunt of the occurrence campy buildings and grounds with the assistance of section instrumentality enforcement agencies.

Joshua J. Medina (image provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation)

Around 7:30 a.m., officials from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) took Medina into custody without immoderate issues adjacent the campgrounds.

Officials accidental Madina was transported to the Sierra Conservation Center, and his lawsuit volition beryllium referred to the Mariposa County District Attorney.

Medina, 27, was astir precocious received from Mendocino County connected Feb. 18, 2025, and sentenced to 4 years for vandalism arsenic a 2nd striker, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Since 1977, 99 percent of the incarcerated radical who person escaped oregon walked distant from an big institution, camp, in-state declaration bed, oregon Community Rehabilitative Program Placement person been captured, authorities officials say.