CRESCENT CITY – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials announced today the apprehension of an incarcerated person who walked away from the Minimum Support Facility at Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) on Nov. 11, 2026.
On Nov. 12, Primitivo X. Savedra, 32, was apprehended at approximately 9:48 a.m. by the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office without incident. His case will be referred to the Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office for possible escape charges.
Savedra was most recently received from San Joaquin County on Nov. 23, 2020. He was sentenced to 12 years for first-degree robbery, a second-strike offense, with enhancements for use of a firearm and for committing a felony in association with a criminal street gang.
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.
The minimum support facility at PBSP is a Level I, minimum-security unit located outside the main secure perimeter. It houses lower-security, non-violent incarcerated individuals in a dormitory-style setting who support daily institutional operations, maintenance, and groundskeeping.
Activated in 1989, PBSP houses approximately 2,100, minimum-, medium-, high- and maximum-security custody incarcerated people. Located 13 miles from the Oregon-California border, PBSP offers academic classes, vocational programs, rehabilitative programs, medical services, mental health services, religious services, work assignments and self-help groups, and employs approximately 1,400 people.
Primitivo X. Savedra
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