A robbery convict’s bid for freedom was short lived this afternoon, when prison officers managed to recapture him minutes after he escaped.
Zelon Johnson, of Lot 50 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, who is serving an 18-month sentence for robbery was working in the prison’s agriculture plot when, just after 15:00 hrs, he escaped.
Sirens blared soon after he was missed and prison officers assisted by the police began to search for Johnson.
Minutes later, he was recaptured at his family home, just over a mile from the prison.
