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FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2017, file photo, escaped hospital patient Randall Saito points to a guard as he sits in an inmate visitor's booth at San Joaquin County Jail before a scheduled court hearing in French Camp, Calif. Saito spent decades in a Hawaii psychiatric hospital for killing a woman and was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday, May 6, 2021, for escaping from the facility in 2017 and flying to California before he was captured. (AP Photo/Terry Chea, File)

5-year prison term for Hawaii psychiatric hospital escape

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press

The Latest: Official says hospital escape was ‘wake-up call’

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FILE - In this April 26, 2018 file photo Randall Saito appears in court for a hearing on his mental competence to stand trial in Honolulu. Hawaii officials said they are ready Wednesday, Dec. 12 to discuss findings of an investigation into Saito's escape from a psychiatric hospital. The state attorney general's office has completed an administrative investigation more than a year after Saito escaped from Hawaii State Hospital. Saito was sent to the hospital in 1981 after being found not guilty by reason of insanity of killing a woman. He was captured in Stockton, California, days after walking out of the hospital last November. (Craig T. Kojima/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP, Pool,File)

No psychiatric hospital employee responsible for escape

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press

New Hawaii state hospital’s designs focus on safety

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FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2017 file photo Randall Saito, who escaped from a Hawaii psychiatric hospital and flew to California in November 2017, is arraigned from Oahu Community Correctional Center in Honolulu. A court hearing is scheduled Thursday, April 26, 2018, on whether Saito is mentally fit to proceed with trial for escaping from a Hawaii psychiatric hospital and flying to California. Saito was confined to the hospital after he was acquitted by reason of insanity of a woman's 1979 killing. A judge ordered that he go before a panel of examiners to determine whether he can be criminally responsible for the escape. (Craig T. Kojima/The Star-Advertiser via AP, Pool,File)

Man found mentally fit for trial for fleeing Hawaii hospital

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2017, file photo, escaped hospital patient Randall Saito points to a guard as he sits in an inmate visitor's booth at San Joaquin County Jail before a scheduled court hearing in French Camp, Calif. Court documents say Saito, who escaped from a Hawaii psychiatric hospital and flew to California, was caught with two high-quality fake IDs, two cellphones and more than $6,000 in cash. (AP Photo/Terry Chea, File)

Man who escaped Hawaii hospital had fake IDs, phones, cash

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press

This image taken from a motion filed by Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin's office shows two fake identification cards the state says were found on Randal Saito, an admitted killer who escaped from a Hawaii psychiatric hospital and flew to California in November. Saito was committed to Hawaii State Hospital after being acquitted by reason of insanity in a woman's 1979 killing. Prosecutors filed the documents Thursday, Jan. 11, 2017 in an attempt to keep Saito in jail instead of returning him to the hospital he fled. (Hawaii Attorney General via AP)

The Latest: Psychiatric hospital mulls monitors after escape

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Mental facility where patient escaped earns reaccreditation

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This photo provided by the San Joaquin County Sheriff's office shows Randall Saito being arrested in Stockton, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Saito, who escaped from a psychiatric hospital in Hawaii, was captured as the result of a tip from a taxi cab driver. (San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Hawaii psychiatric patient says he’s surprised escape worked

By TERENCE CHEA and AUDREY MCAVOY - Associated Press

This photo provided by the San Joaquin County Sheriff's office shows Randall Saito being arrested in Stockton, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Saito, who escaped from a psychiatric hospital in Hawaii, was captured as the result of a tip from a taxi cab driver. (San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Escaped hospital patient aimed to show he could be outside

By AUDREY McAVOY and MARTHA BELLISLE - Associated Press

The Hawaii State Hospital is shown in Kaneohe, Hawaii, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. The search for a dangerous man who escaped from the Hawaii psychiatric hospital moved to California after authorities said Tuesday he boarded a flight to the state from Maui two days earlier. Randall Saito, who was acquitted of a 1979 murder by reason of insanity, left the state hospital outside Honolulu on Sunday, took a taxi to a chartered plane that took him to the island of Maui and then boarded another plane to San Jose, California, Honolulu police said. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

The Latest: 7 hospital staff on unpaid leave after escape

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The Hawaii State Hospital is shown in Kaneohe, Hawaii, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. The search for a dangerous man who escaped from the Hawaii psychiatric hospital moved to California after authorities said Tuesday he boarded a flight to the state from Maui two days earlier. Randall Saito, who was acquitted of a 1979 murder by reason of insanity, left the state hospital outside Honolulu on Sunday, took a taxi to a chartered plane that took him to the island of Maui and then boarded another plane to San Jose, California, Honolulu police said. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

Dangerous Hawaii psychiatric patient arrested in California

By Audrey McAvoy and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Maui Police Department shows Randall Toshio Saito. Hawaii authorities are searching for Saito, who was found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity, after he escaped from Hawaii State Hospital in Honolulu on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017, and flew to Maui. (Maui Police Department via AP)

The Latest: Police: Escaped mental patient is in California

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Hawaii Senators grill state hospital administrator

By SAM EIFLING - Associated Press