LOS ANGELES, CA – State corrections officials are searching for a 29-year-old woman who allegedly walked away from a Female Community Reentry Program in Los Angeles County on Monday after her GPS monitoring device was removed, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) identified the woman as Daniela Armienta in a news release issued Monday, Nov. 9. Staff received an alert at about 5 a.m. that day, and an emergency count later confirmed she was missing.
She was last seen near James M. Wood Boulevard and S. Hoover Street in Los Angeles. CDCR’s Office of Correctional Safety and local law enforcement were notified and began a search.
The department’s release describes the Female Community Reentry Program as a voluntary program that lets eligible female incarcerated persons serve the final portion of their sentence in the community.
Tamper alert led to emergency count
According to CDCR, staff at the program received a tamper alert at approximately 5 a.m. Monday. The release says the alert was “indicating incarcerated person Daniela Armienta had removed her GPS device.”
Staff launched an emergency count after the alert. That count confirmed that Armienta was missing from the program.
CDCR then notified its Office of Correctional Safety and local law enforcement agencies, and the search began.
Description and last known location
CDCR described Armienta as 5 feet 2 inches tall and about 150 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
She was last seen wearing a blue and green flannel shirt, a green undershirt, grey and blue sweats and dark grey shoes. The department said she was last seen near James M. Wood Boulevard and S. Hoover Street.
Sentence for carjacking
CDCR said Armienta was received from San Diego County on Jan. 22, 2025. She was sentenced to six years for carjacking, which the department classified as a second-strike offense.
The release does not describe the circumstances of the carjacking case. It identifies her as an incarcerated person who was taking part in the reentry program at the time she left.
How the reentry program works
The Female Community Reentry Program is run by the department’s Division of Rehabilitative Programs. According to the program’s official page, it is “a voluntary program for female incarcerated persons who meet the eligibility criteria.”
Participants must have no more than 32 months and no less than 60 days before their Earliest Possible Release Date. The program operates in Sacramento, San Joaquin, Kern, Los Angeles and San Diego counties, with two sites in Los Angeles County.
The page says that “all participants are subjected to mandatory electronic monitoring and must agree as a condition of placement.” It lists exclusions that include histories of escape within ten years, high-violence risk scores, gang affiliations and certain convictions.
Most walkaways have been apprehended
The CDCR release notes that since 1977, 99 percent of escapees or walkaways from CDCR institutions have been apprehended. The release does not give a count of walkaways from the Female Community Reentry Program.
Contact for information on her whereabouts
CDCR asked the public to report any information about Armienta. The release says anyone who sees her or has knowledge of her whereabouts should “contact any law enforcement agency, call 911 or contact Special Agent Rojas at (909) 727-1947.”
Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact local law enforcement or CDCR using those options.
Search for Armienta continues
The Office of Correctional Safety and local law enforcement were searching for Armienta after the walkaway was confirmed Monday morning. CDCR had not announced her apprehension as of Tuesday, Nov. 10.
The allegations about her departure from the program come from the department’s release and remain part of an active search.
