BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A 32-year-old woman who escaped from the federal prison in Danbury was sentenced Wednesday to an additional 10 months in prison, the U.S. attorney's office for the District of Connecticut said.

Xiaoqin Yan, a citizen of China, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in federal court in Bridgeport, prosecutors said.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Yan walked away on Dec. 10, 2024, from the low-security satellite unit at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury. She was serving a federal prison sentence imposed in the Middle District of Alabama for arson and for possessing a firearm while in the country illegally, prosecutors said.

Yan was caught the same day she escaped and has been held since her arrest, according to the U.S. attorney's office. She pleaded guilty April 10 to escaping from federal custody.

The FBI investigated the escape with help from the Danbury Police Department, prosecutors said.

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