A prisoner tried to escape from the York Correctional Institute in East Lyme Tuesday morning, according to Connecticut State Police.
State police said 24-year-old Caitlin Roncalli, of Suffield, tried to climb the perimeter fence around the prison yard around 6:13 a.m. She was stopped by staff before making it over the fence.
Roncalli was charged with escape from a correctional institution and released back into Department of Correction staff. She was issued a $25,000 bond and was placed in secure housing, police said.
According to the Department of Correction, Roncalli was being held on a charge of carrying a dangerous weapon.
