The lockdown has been lifted from the Hartford Correctional Center after an attempted escape and an offender has been arrested.
Raul Santana, 25, of Hartford, is facing attempted escape charges.
An offender got onto the roof of the facility from the recreation yard outside and staff was alerted at 2:40 p.m. on Saturday.
The facility was locked down as staff investigated the escape attempt.
Officials followed emergency protocols and contacted state police. Correctional staff thwarted the offender's attempt to escape and found the person hiding in the back of a truck parked on facility grounds.
The offender didn't make it beyond the fencing around the perimeter of the facility.
No one was injured.
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Santana was charged with first-degree attempted escape.
He has been in custody at the correctional center since Sept. 1 on first-degree criminal trespass charges.
The Department of Correction's Security Division is investigating.
The lockdown was lifted and social visitation is being allowed again.
