California inmate who escaped from prison camp 13 years ago captured in New York

He had a good run.

A California inmate who escaped from a prison camp nearly 13 years ago was finally caught in the Big Apple last month, authorities recently revealed.

Eduardo Hernandez, 42, was in the middle of his prison sentence for armed carjacking when he escaped from the Delta Conservation Camp before dawn on Nov. 15, 2011, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Hernandez was taken into custody after more than a decade without incident in New York on May 20 and is expected to be transported back to California where he will land in prison again, corrections officials said.

California authorities did not provide further details about his arrest, and an email to the NYPD was not immediately responded to Sunday evening.

Hernandez’s case will be referred to the Solano County Prosecutor’s Office for possible escape charges.

The fugitive initially began a 13-year prison sentence on August 4, 2005 and had served six years before his escape.

He and another inmate were last seen around 4:30 a.m. on November 15, 2011 at the minimum-security Delta Conservation Camp in Suisun City, wearing jeans and bright orange shirts with “CDCR prisoner” on the back, CBS News Sacramento reported at the time.

The inmate who escaped with him, José Padilla, remains at large, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The prison camp where Hernández was serving his sentence is jointly run by the state Department of Corrections and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

“The primary mission of the camp is to provide crews of incarcerated firefighters for firefighting in the Sonoma, Lake, Napa Unit and Solano County areas,” the state Department of Corrections said.

“However, teams can be dispatched throughout the state. In addition to fire suppression, incarcerated crews provide labor for conservation projects.

Corrections officials have said that since 1977, 99 percent of inmates who “left an adult facility, camp or community program without authorization have been apprehended.”