The Oregon State Penitentiary on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Police on Tuesday night arrested a man state corrections officials said walked away from an Oregon Corrections Enterprises laundry sorting building in Salem last month while in custody, according to an Oregon Department of Corrections news release.
The Clark County Sheriff’s Office arrested Bohanna McQuiston in Vancouver, the news release said.
The Clark County Jail’s roster showed he remained in custody as of Wednesday afternoon.
State corrections officials said McQuiston walked away the morning of Feb. 16 from the building on the grounds of the Oregon State Penitentiary at 2605 State Street.
McQuiston entered state Department of Corrections custody on Jan. 11, 2021, on two counts of burglary in Clackamas County and one count of burglary in Washington County. His earliest release date is Feb. 6, 2024, an original news release said.
He was in custody at Santiam Correctional Institution, a minimum-security prison in Salem that houses around 440 adults in custody within four years of being released, and was working as a laundry worker for Oregon Corrections Enterprises.
The prison “concentrates on work opportunities, most of which are in the form of work crews contracting with state agencies, local organizations, and private industries within a 60-mile radius of Salem,” the news release said.
-Ardeshir Tabrizian
