AP Exclusive: Ill. has 22 fugitive escaped inmates

By John O'connor
Published June 8, 2014 4:07pm ET
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AP Exclusive: Ill. has 22 fugitive escaped inmates
This undated photo provided by the Illinois Department of Corrections shows Jared Carter. An Associated Press analysis shows nearly two dozen Illinois inmates are escaped from prison _ with some gone for 40 years. The Illinois Department of Corrections says it never stops looking for them or closes a case. The review was spurred by the escape last summer of Carter from a prison work crew. He was found four days later and was sentenced in March to 11 more years behind bars. (AP Photo/Illinois Department of Corrections) | AP

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Zakar Elbay apparently found religion. The 44-year-old state prison inmate was living at a transition center finishing a six-year sentence for possession of a stolen vehicle when he got a Christmas Day 2013 pass to work at a religious facility. He never returned.

Now he’s among nearly two dozen Illinois inmates The Associated Press discovered as “escaped” after compiling and analyzing state data.

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