Man who went missing from open prison arrested four days later in Essex

A man who went missing from an open prison has been arrested after being absent for four days. Jamie Langley, who was locked up for burglary, went missing on Wednesday (November 13).

Jamie, who had links to Essex, went missing from an open prison in Suffolk where he was serving a 16-year sentence. In a public appeal released on November 14, Suffolk Police said Langley had not turned up to a roll call at HMP Hollesley Bay, near Woodbridge in East Suffolk.

Langley becomes the most recent absconder of many over the years from HMP Hollesley Bay, an open men's prison usually for people nearing the end of their sentences. After being missing for four days, he was arrested in Essex yesterday (November 18).

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A spokesperson from Suffolk Police said: "Police have arrested a prisoner who absconded from Hollesley Bay. Jamie Langley, aged 35, was reported missing to police on Wednesday November 13, after being absent at a roll call.

"He was arrested in Essex on Sunday November 17. Police thank the media and the public for their help with the matter."

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