HONOLULU (KHON2) -- Chauncey K. Lopes, who is a work furlough inmate, failed to return to the Laumaka Work Furlough Center on Sunday, Sept. 15. The Public Information Office of the Hawai‘i Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation stated that he has been apprehended. Get Hawaii's latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You Lopes, who is 25, was captured by state sheriffs’ deputies in Kāneʻohe at 8:15 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 16. "Laumaka work furlough inmate Chauncey K. Lopes was returned to custody at the O’ahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC) after state sheriffs’ deputies apprehended him in Kāneʻohe at 8:15 a.m. today," a public information officer for the Hawai‘i Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Lopes had missed his 9 p.m. curfew on Sunday, prompting a search by the State Sheriffs and the Honolulu Police Department. He was serving time for manslaughter at Laumaka, which is a minimum-security facility where inmates work or seek employment in the community. In addition to his original sentence, Lopes now faces a new charge of escape, which could add up to five years to his prison time. "He may face an escape charge, a Class C felony that’s punishable by up to five years in prison, if convicted," said the public information office. Get news on the go with KHON 2GO, KHON's morning podcast, every morning at 8 Lopes had been classified as a community custody inmate, the lowest security status. He had pass privileges as part of the work furlough program. This program is set up to allow inmates to leave the facility during the day for work or job searching. Anyone with further information about similar cases is encouraged to contact the authorities.