SAN DIEGO – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials announced the apprehension of an incarcerated person about seven hours after he walked away from a Male Community Reentry Program (MCRP) facility in San Diego on April 21, 2026.
At 8 p.m., CDCR’s Office of Correctional Safety Special Agents apprehended Rudy Beltran without incident. Beltran will be rehoused at a prison, and his case will be referred to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office for consideration of escape charges.
Beltran was most recently received from San Diego County on Sept. 17, 2009, sentenced to 28 years for carjacking as a second striker, with enhancements for prior felony convictions of a serious offense.
The MCRP allows eligible offenders committed to state prison to serve the end of their sentences in the reentry center and provides them the programs and tools necessary to transition from custody to the community. It is a voluntary program for male offenders who have two years or less left to serve. The program links offenders to a range of community-based rehabilitative services that assist with substance use disorders, mental health care, medical care, employment, education, housing, family reunification and social support.
Since 1977, 99 percent of the incarcerated people who have escaped or walked away from an adult institution, camp, in-state contract bed or Community Rehabilitative Program Placement have been apprehended.
Rudy Beltran