An inmate at the Lompoc Federal Correctional Institution is missing and has been labeled a walkaway.

Prison staff discovered Omar Briceno-Quijano, 35, missing at approximately 4 p.m. Thursday. 

Inmates from minimum-security federal prison camps are considered walkaways because they don’t reside within razor-wire-topped fencing. They typically perform chores on prison grounds and only report to designated areas at certain times.

Briceno-Quijano is described as Latino with brown hair and brown eyes, 5 feet 7 inches tall, and approximately 197 pounds. 

He was sentenced in the District of Colorado to a 14-year term for narcotics-related offenses, including distributing or possessing methamphetamine and heroin, plus money laundering. 

The United States Marshals Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other law enforcement agencies were notified about the missing inmate. 

Bureau of Prison officials have initiated an internal investigation.

The Lompoc Federal Correctional Complex has two low-security facilities — Federal Correctional Institution I and FCI II (formerly known as a U.S Penitentiary) — with 2,692 male inmates confirmed behind fences topped with razor wire.

The complex also includes a pair of satellite prison camps that house 327 minimum-security male inmates.

Anyone with information about this missing inmate should contact the U.S. Marshals Service at 805.346.2728.