Minimum Security Inmate Fails to Report to Work

(Concord, NH) The New Hampshire Department of Corrections reports that on May 22, 2008, an inmate walked away from the North End Transitional Housing Unit in Concord. At approximately 1:30 p.m., inmate, Derek Alonzo Jordan, 25, of Twisp, Washington, left the facility to go to his place of employment but failed to report to work.

Inmate Jordan is a black male, 6 foot 1 inches tall, 240 pounds, with short wavy black hair and black eyes. He has a tattoo on his right arm that reads “Airbic Tribal” and a tattoo on his left arm that reads “Arbic.” Inmate Jordan is currently serving a 1 to 5 year sentence for a forgery conviction in Grafton County Superior Court. He was admitted to the New Hampshire State Prison on March 20, 2007 and was eligible for parole on October 11, 2007. His maximum release date is October 11, 2011.

Security procedures aimed at apprehension have been initiated. The New Hampshire State Police and New Hampshire Department of Corrections are investigating. Anyone with information about this individual should call local law enforcement authorities.

APPREHENDED MAY 22, 2008