Salinas Valley State Prison Escapee Captured

SOLEDAD, Calif.- An escaped inmate from Salinas Valley State Prison is back in custody today after he was discovered missing from a minimum support facility around 9:15 pm Tuesday. Emanuel Looney was found and arrested in Gonzales by a Salinas Valley State Prison Escape Field Unit. He is back at the prison, and is being held in a maximum security housing unit. Looney was serving a three year term for vehicle theft and arrived at the prison on August 7th, 2008. His earliest possible release date was scheduled to be August 25, 2009. Salinas Valley State Prison houses close to 4,200 minimum, medium, and maximum custody... [read full story]