21-Year-Old US Man Escapes Prison 4 Months Before Release, Jailed Again For 40 Years

The unfortunate prison break means he could be in his 60s before he can walk free again.

A 21-year-old man in the US' Mississippi was sentenced to 40 years in state prison for trying to escape from a correctional facility just months before his release.

According to Sky News, Shunekndrick Huffman fled Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in August 2022, broke into a nearby home, and held three people at gunpoint for several hours. He then stole a car from one of the hostages and crashed it. 

Authorities who were searching for him found him hiding in a trash can at the Mississippi State Hospital in Whitfield, 3.2 kilometers from the prison and was locked up again within hours. WLBT reported.