By Lance Hernandez
ABC 7 News
GOLDEN, Colo. — The Colorado State Patrol has temporarily curtailed its inmate work program after an inmate, who was working as a mechanic in the CSP auto maintenance shop, grabbed a set of keys, hopped into a pickup truck and took off.
“The inmates are no longer at Camp George West,” said Sgt. Mike Baker. “Whether it be at our Academy or in the garage. They are in the D.O.C. facility indefinitely until we can make changes, or determine if changes need to be made.”
Authorities say Kenneth W. Gomez, 30, is one of about 20 inmates that the Department of Corrections contracts out to the State Patrol for work as porters, mechanics or kitchen staff.
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