# March escape from FCI Mendota satellite camp

Other March 23, 2026 · [FCI Mendota](https://federalprisondude.com/resources/federal-prisons/men-fci-mendota-federal-correctional-institution-california)

What the local press ran on this, in one place. I have not written it up beyond the headlines, and the links go to the outlets themselves.

This was a satellite-camp escape—a walkaway from minimum security, not somebody tunneling under a wall with a spoon. Still an escape, just considerably less Shawshank.

## 2 stories on file

- Mar 23, 2026 [Inmate sought after escape from federal facility in Mendota, officials say](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiggFBVV95cUxPcW5TWjA5bkVNdXFmVG9za25UZWp1TXQ3WjJnQ1g1cnQtV0JHVU5PMzRNTXN2X3RWTVF5X1BLWk9Pc21mdGwzcEpWeG5JWmpCYlpHSHFhV1VaeC1nUXBpV1VnYU51S21YOGwzVVYyUzMwWVNoY0lxakNsUGJ4amRwR0130gGHAUFVX3lxTE5LRkhaZFlEOTFhWndYem9EcWJRU0FrcnlsOS1IWkhINDgtYjVCT2lMQU1FakdOdE1UN0xGQVNlOU9LYnkzLXA4eDQybmxHZkVKYmc3T0d0QTRSUHB3TzZ2NWYybU1XU09ESXBBUFBaaGxWdUd0Z1ZfOWg4T3o0T3hKQVZURnNHNA?oc=5) yourcentralvalley.com
- Mar 23, 2026 [Inmate missing from satellite camp near prison in Mendota](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMirAFBVV95cUxQQW1DaEFlQTNQOW9BSVh6blFEUUQ5VjRXdFZiRzh1STVNZjZZcFRHcUdTbVJsNGEtVVkzd2RaUHJlZFZLVjI5Yk13dGh6RU16WW5acXlNaUVwcVBpaklhM2xQT0xZcTRhaUJIZVVYV25QS2xEaUJJZDkwYWJMLWZ2S3JDSnBieW84U1MyQ09fQ0dCSW1OVVlRZDhLLW4wc3JVbl9nTjRCbkJaZkhE?oc=5) kmph.com

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