California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are searching for an incarcerated person who walked away from the minimum-support facility that houses non-violent offenders outside of the secure perimeter of the main institution at Pelican Bay State Prison, on Friday, July 18, 2025.
At approximately 11:50 p.m. officials with California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation were alerted that incarcerated person, identified as 40 year old Jamie R. Watson was reported missing from Pelican Bay State Prison.
The emergency count conducted confirmed that Watson was missing. Notification was immediately made to local law enforcement agencies. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Office of Correctional Safety and local law enforcement agencies were notified and assisted in the search.
Watson was most recently received from Siskiyou County on Feb. 5, 2024, for a parole violation for possession of controlled substance and was last seen wearing orange jacket and blue jeans.
According to reports, Watson was apprehended early Saturday morning near Lower Lake Rd. east of the Pelican Bay Prison facility just after 7:00am and was returned to Pelican Bay State Prison by Sheriff’s deputies.
