Police searching for Delaware prisoner who never returned from work release
Shane Windell, 30, never returned to Sussex Community Corrections Center after he left for on an approved work pass.
GEORGETOWN, De. - Authorities are searching for a prisoner who they say failed to return to a lower-level Delaware corrections facility after leaving on an approved work pass.
The Delaware Department of Corrections said 30-year-old Shane Windell "willfully walked away" from the Sussex Community Corrections Center on Thursday.
Windell, who was incarcerated for impersonation of a public official, is now wanted for escape after conviction.
Windell is described by police as 6-feet-tall, 160 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.
"The offender's whereabouts are unknown and unauthorized at this time," a press release from the department of corrections said.
Community Correction Centers are Level 4 facilities that manage offenders who are transitioning back into the community, officials explained.
The centers, they said, are "not secured like Level 5 prisons, as offenders are permitted to leave the facility to go to work, seek jobs, or attend approve treatment sessions."