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Parish inmate recaptured Wednesday
Published Thursday, May 8, 2008
VIDALIA — After more than a week on the run, a Concordia Parish inmate was recaptured in his hometown Wednesday morning.
Muncy McAlister, 49, was arrested by the U.S. Marshal’s service at 8:47 a.m. in Walker.
McAlister was detained at the Livingston Parish jail until the Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office could pick him up Wednesday afternoon.
McAlister first disappeared on the night of April 28, when he was working on trusses for a correctional facility building under construction with six other inmate trusties at the Concordia Parish Correctional Facility maintenance shop.
McAlister, who Sheriff Randy Maxwell said had previously been a model prisoner, had reportedly received news that his girlfriend had been beaten and was upset about it.
It was believed he was trying to work his way to Clinton, La., where his girlfriend lives. Watson and Clinton are approximately 39 miles apart.
Originally sentenced on a simple burglary charge, McAlister has been incarcerated in Concordia parish since 2006.
The escape will likely result in a charge that will add at least a year to McAlister’s original sentence, Maxwell said.
At the time of McAlister’s initial disappearance, Maxwell said changes would be implemented to the trusty program for trusties working in the unenclosed maintenance area.
Prior to that, a guard made routine checks on the prisoners while they were performing their trusty duties.
After the disappearance, Maxwell said a guard would be present with the trusty at all times.
Comments
Posted by obamayamama (anonymous) on May 8, 2008 at 9:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Well, did he find the people who beat up his girlfriend? I hope he beat the crap out of whoever it was!
Posted by Peace007 (anonymous) on May 8, 2008 at 9:21 a.m. (Suggest removal)
That work release program should be shut down. It is dangerous to the whole community when those prisoners escape. Those jobs given to prisoners could be jobs for law abiding citzens.
Posted by Brother2Brother (anonymous) on May 8, 2008 at 9:24 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I understand the Mr. McAlister was upset, but his leaving the work site was not a good idea. I pray and hope that the cops will find who did this to the young lady and arrest them, and punish them also. But, McAlister leaving his site will only take longer to get out and be with his friend. We need to stop and count to ten (10) sometimes. We can't be in two places at the same time. Mr. Alister serve you time, be good, and you will soon be home with your special lady.
Posted by rocketman (anonymous) on May 8, 2008 at 9:38 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Peace: Work release and trustee position are 2 totally separate things. This guy was not on work release, he was a trustee. Work release are non-violent inmates that have a short period of time left (usually less than a year but on occasion more)and are under the supervision of the individual they are signed out to.
Posted by firered (anonymous) on May 8, 2008 at 11:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)
It was not work release, he was a trustee... BIG DIFFERENCE!!!!
Posted by rushinghjr (anonymous) on May 8, 2008 at 12:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)
A criminal is a criminal! The Sheriff should have known better!
Posted by vidalia1 (anonymous) on May 8, 2008 at 3:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Maybe the better solution is when people are already incarerated why burden them with isues that they have no control over unless we want them to react and receive more time? Were these rumors to cause a reaction ?We already know what reaction we will get when we tell things to certain people.
Posted by Roy (anonymous) on May 8, 2008 at 3:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Is the parish prison a "prison without walls"? Trustees what a joke!
Posted by priya (anonymous) on May 8, 2008 at 7:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
If law abiding citizens wanted to work than there wouldnt be no work release or trustee positions
Posted by tessa (anonymous) on May 8, 2008 at 8:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
you people need to stop and think who does the cooking in prison-trustees,who does the washing of inmates clothes-trustees, who does the cleaning of the prison-trustees,who serves the meals to other inmates-trustees. if it was not for trustees doing the work such as i have stated all the prisoners would have to do is sit on their asses all day and watch tv at taxpayers expense. thats why you have TRUSTEES!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by emp (anonymous) on May 8, 2008 at 10:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
well said tessa. Peace00, roy and rushinghjr, you should find out more about the subject before you show your ignorance.
Posted by emp (anonymous) on May 8, 2008 at 10:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)
By the way, Concordia Parish is NOT the only prison that has trustees and work release. Almost all prisons have trustees and many have work release. Some of you idiots act like our sheriff dreamed up the whole idea. Maybe you should complain about all the other parishes and counties too. Adams County has trustees. Does that mean their sheriff should "know better"?
Posted by Peace007 (anonymous) on May 8, 2008 at 11:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Over the last several months, 2 prisoners have escaped from Concordia who were supposed to be locked-up behind bars according to their adjudicated sentence given them at the time of their trial. I could give a big harry rats batoody what their label was at the time of their escape...if trustee, or work releasee. All I care about is that they were outside their prison walls "supposedly working" and were easily able to escape out into society...which is DANGEROUS to all of us law abiding citizens in the United States, but mostly their escape is a danger to all of us in here in Mississippi and Louisiana.
You can call me ignorant if you will, but I still say that the inmates should serve their time inside the prison and not be on the outside working freely and cheaply. Hire law abiding citizens to do outside jobs and let the inmate work inside the prison grounds. I'm sure there is plenty of work inside the prison to be done. All of those chores tessa mentioned can be done inside the prison. Hire law abiding citizens to do the outside jobs.
Posted by Peace007 (anonymous) on May 8, 2008 at 11:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
And btw, the TRUSTEE/ESCAPEE, exhibited his poor impulse control and his actions prove that he has not learned from his past experiences at all. He is still incapable of controlling his emotions, which is what got him in trouble in the first place; otherwise, he would have taken into consideration the amount of time he had left, pending his release, and would have controlled his impulse to escape.
Posted by Peace007 (anonymous) on May 8, 2008 at 11:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)
emp, I agree that all the prisons should stop the trustee work release programs and keep those prisoners inside the fence. And just because they have those programs doesn't mean I have to like them, or agree to them, because obviously they aren't working! The prisoners are escaping, because they have poor impulse control.
Posted by noneya (anonymous) on May 9, 2008 at 10:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)
peace, prisioners escape at ALL jails and prisons, regardless of their status of trustee or work-release. Only non-violent offenders obtain those two status jobs. Are you a local business person? Try getting good, reliable people to do the work these guys do at a pay that is affordable for the small business owner,farmer or average homeowner. People don't want to work anymore! They want handouts! And when they do take a job, they don't want to do the work, just goof off. JMHO
Posted by kd (anonymous) on May 9, 2008 at 5:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)
McAllister was part of a maintenance crew that goes out every day to the shop to do work. That particular night, they were painting in one of the new dorms being built for the facility. Most of the crew came in at around 8 and the guards were told that McAllister was still painting, alone. An hour or so later, the inmate who had told of MM still working admitted that MM was planning to run away because of what happened with his gf.
The prison has learned a valuable lesson from this, I hope. Now the entire maint. crew comes in before dark and they are under constant supervision.
Posted by vidalia1 (anonymous) on May 9, 2008 at 6:04 p.m. (Suggest removal)
So he was left alone because he wanted do escape? well I now
see how his plan was successful and with what ease it was able to be done.He was alone.The valuable lesson was taught by the inmate to the prison. Too much freedom, some how he
felt comfort in doing it.
Posted by Peace007 (anonymous) on May 11, 2008 at 11:58 p.m. (Suggest removal)
So, noneya, what you are saying is that it's ok to work prisoners because they work cheap? In a way, that is exploting the prisoner and sort of like slave labor. Why don't you have to pay them the same as you would any other legal worker? Does the prison benefit at all financially from the prisoner working? Does the state? Does Concordia Parish Sheriff's office? Does the Sheriff? Who finds the jobs and gets paid directly from the employer? Does the prisoner get the whole amount of money the employer pays or only a portion? Why bother having prisons if you are just going to let them out to work? If they hadn't done the crime, they wouldn't be sentenced to a certain time behind bars. Let the prisoner work inside the prison for the benefit of the prison keeping him, and for his own upkeep inside the prison. Let the prisoners plant a garden and grow their own food. Let them clean and keep up the prison, or send your work inside the prison for them to do. Pay the prisoners minimum wage for the hours they work inside the prison and then have them purchase what they need (clothes, haircuts, toiletries, etc) on the inside with those wages. Let prisoners serve their time inside and then release them back out into the public with gardening skills, building upkeep skills, maintenance skills, and money managing skills. Otherwise, they may end up back in prison not having ever acquired the skills they need to make it in the big bad world.
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