Search underway for 34-year-old female inmate who walked away from reentry program

Authorities are searching for a 34-year-old female inmate who walked away from a reentry program in Santa Fe Springs on Monday. 

Staff members at the Female Community Reentry Program, located at 11121 Bloomfield Avenue, became aware that Christina Hammond had successfully removed her ankle monitor at around 8:45 p.m. on Sunday, according to a statement from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. 

They found the monitor near her sleeping area in the facility, but she was nowhere to be seen. 

Surveillance footage showed her leaving through a side door shortly before hopping the garden gates near the northeast end of the building, the statement said. 

Hammond previously arrived at the facility from San Bernardino County on July 1. She was scheduled for release next December and was serving a five-year sentence for assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury, as well as a special enhancement for inflicting great bodily injury, authorities said. 

They say that she is around 5-foot-2 and weighs about 115 pounds. She has a light complexion with light brown hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a gray jacket and gray sweatpants. She had gloves and was carrying a blue bag. 

Anyone who sees or knows about Hammond's whereabouts is asked to call 911.