Inmate Walks Away From Reentry Program

California corrections officials are searching for 24-year-old Jose Barrios after they said he walked away from a Los Angeles Male Community Reentry Program on Sunday. (cdcr.ca.gov) (ktla.com) The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said staff learned around 2:30 p.m. on April 26, 2026, that Barrios had removed his GPS device. Staff then launched a search and conducted an emergency count that confirmed he was missing. (cdcr.ca.gov) (mynewsla.com) Authorities said Barrios may have left the area in a white vehicle. They described him as 5 feet 8 inches tall, 157 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair, last seen in blue jeans, a black shirt and black shoes. (cdcr.ca.gov) (ktla.com) Barrios was serving a seven-year sentence for second-degree robbery with an enhancement for use of a firearm, according to corrections officials. CDCR said he was received from Los Angeles County on Sept. 27, 2023. (cdcr.ca.gov) (ktla.com) The Male Community Reentry Program is a voluntary CDCR program for eligible men nearing release. Participants serve the end of their sentences in the community instead of inside a state prison. (cdcr.ca.gov) CDCR says the program is run by its Division of Rehabilitative Programs and is meant to support reentry before release. The department says participants must meet eligibility rules before they can be placed there. (cdcr.ca.gov) The agency said anyone who sees Barrios or knows where he is should call 911 or contact local law enforcement. CDCR also said that since 1977, 99 percent of people who escaped or walked away from an adult institution, camp, contract bed or community rehabilitative placement have been apprehended. (cdcr.ca.gov 1) (cdcr.ca.gov 2)