Inmate escapes from Bacabal Regional Prison One prisoner escaped and another was shot during an escape attempt in the early hours of Sunday (19) at Bacabal Regional Prison, in the rural area of ??the municipality, in the interior of Maranhão. The prisoner who managed to escape was identified as Fabrício Sampaio Ribeiro. Searches are carried out in the prison area, and the circumstances of the escape are being investigated. The inmate who was shot was identified as Alex Silva da Cruz. He was rescued and taken to a hospital in Bacabal, where he remains in custody, monitored by security teams. ? Click here and subscribe to the g1 Maranhão channel on WhatsApp The fugitive was identified as Fabrício Sampaio Ribeiro Reproduction/TV Mirante The State Secretariat of Penitentiary Administration (Seap) did not release details about how the escape happened. The ministry also did not inform the crimes for which Alex Silva da Cruz and Fabrício Sampaio Ribeiro are responsible. The prison is close to the Piratininga quilombo, on the banks of BR-316. The unit is located in an area far from the urban area, surrounded by stretches of forest and with access to the highway. Second escape in less than a month From left to right are the prisoners: Yago da Silva Dourado, Geilson de Jesus Ferreira and Francisco Mikael Pereira de Almeida. Disclosure/Maranhão Military Police. This was the second escape recorded at Bacabal prison in less than a month. On June 27, three prisoners also managed to escape from the prison unit. To date, none of them have been recaptured. The fugitives were identified as: Yago da Silva Dourado, arrested for theft, robbery, drug trafficking and criminal association, born in São Mateus; Geilson de Jesus Ferreira, arrested for murder, resident of the Coroadinho neighborhood, in São Luís; Francisco Mikael Pereira de Almeida, arrested for murder, born in Bela Vista do Maranhão.