Jaynes
Escape charges have now been filed against the man who allegedly stole a truck after he walked away from a work crew at the Edinburgh Correctional Facility.
Marion F. Jaynes, 55, is charged with escape and conversion, both as Level 5 felonies, and theft, a Class A misdemeanor. Jaynes was serving a 20-year sentence for burglary when he left his work crew at the facility for several hours on Oct. 30.
Prosecutors say that on the morning of Oct. 30, Jaynes stole a work crew supervisor’s truck and fled the facility. Jaynes was seen at 9 a.m. that morning leaving Camp Atterbury through the front gate, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in Johnson County Superior Court 3 on Wednesday.
Nearly six-and-a-half hours later, Jaynes was taken into custody by officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and the Indiana Department of Correction at a home on the west side of Indianapolis. Officers found four $20 bills, one $2 bill, six dimes, two nickels and one penny on Jaynes, according to the affidavit.
Jaynes was later taken to the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, a maximum/minimum security facility, in Carlisle, which is approximately 36 miles south of Terre Haute. He remains at the facility.
Under questioning by law enforcement, Jaynes allegedly admitted to stealing the truck and fleeing the facility. He also reportedly said he stole the $2 bill and 71 cents in change that belonged to the supervisor, the affidavit shows.
Jaynes has a lengthy criminal history, with convictions going as far back as 1991. Among the charges are multiple counts of resisting law enforcement and burglary, according to online records from the IDOC.
For Jayne’s current sentence, his earliest possible release date was in September 2027, with a maximum possible date in June 2032. If Jaynes is convicted of all new charges, he faces an additional 13 years in prison, Johnson County Prosecutor Lance Hamner said.
Edinburgh Correctional Facility is a minimum security adult work camp located on the grounds of Camp Atterbury. Work crews work in multiple areas around the region during their stay at the facility.
Last week, Edinburgh Correctional Facility officials reiterated the facility’s outdoor work crew policy following the incident. The updated Indiana Department of Correction policy goes into effect on Dec. 1, though Warden Bryan Dobbs said it didn’t have any major changes.
“Nothing changed much, but we just wanted to reinforce in this meeting that the policy is important and that we can’t be complacent,” Dobbs said last week.
The Outside Work Crews policy is 14 pages, covering topics like supervisor duties along with the duties of incarcerated individuals who are assigned to work crews. Among the items Dobbs emphasized during the meeting was the importance of making sure every movement of work crews is reported in case something happens.
Another topic discussed was the importance of work crew supervisors keeping personal items — keys, wallets, medication, cell phones — secured on their person, in their car, or in their locker. These items can be a temptation for an individual looking to escape, he said.
Dobbs also discussed census counts, where DOC employees count the number of incarcerated individuals throughout the day. He wanted to reiterate the importance of employees actually gathering all the individuals together to count and not just calling the names from a book, he said.
These counts occur throughout the day, with one in the morning and one in the afternoon. There also is a formal count at noon, and pop-up counts throughout the day, Dobbs said.
