Expecting convict escapes prison

SERANG, West Java: Juman bin Marwan, 37, a detainee at the Serang correction unit fled to his village in Ciomas when he heard his wife was going into labor.

Antara reported Saturday that he escaped Wednesday to see the birth of his second child, only 11 days before he was scheduled to end his sentence of four months.

Juman was charged with stealing a mat, plates and other items from a mosque in Serang.

Sukanto, the chief warden, said he was quite surprised as Juman was already undergoing the assimilation process. He was assigned to sweep the yard outside the prison walls when he escaped.

Juman was not found at his house and is still being sought.