Prisoner who escaped four months before he was set to be released gets sentenced to 40 years
The 21-year-old broke into a local home and held people at gunpoint before he stole one of their cars.
A man who was just four months off from being released from prison has had another 40 years added to his sentence after attempting to escape.
Well, not every gamble tends to pay off.
Shunekndrick Huffman fled Central Mississippi Correctional Facility last year in August, months shy of completing his seven-year sentence, as per Sky News.
The 21-year-old broke into a local’s home and held people at gunpoint before he stole one of the hostage's cars.
Unlucky for Huffman, he managed to crash the car and then tried to flee on foot.
However, he didn’t get too far before police found the criminal hiding in a bin at Mississippi State Hospital in Whitfield, two miles from the prison.
Huffman was then locked up again a couple of hours later.
The young man was serving a sentence for aggravated assault and was expected to be released in December.
Well, no Christmas turkey for Huffman, this year...or the next 40, given his ill-timed prison break.
Rankin County District Attorney Bubba Bramlett said Huffman pleaded guilty to two counts of kidnapping before he was sentenced.
According to Sky News, the correctional facility's boss, Burl Cain, told reporters that security would be improved to prevent future escapes.
I will never judge somebody for trying to escape but I draw the line with the violence against the public. Shit, look at the Geneva Conventions that establish how we treat prisoners of war etc. and they suggest that a prisoner has a "moral obligation" to try to escape and shouldn't be punished for it:
