A Lake Charles man who told deputies he needed a place to sleep and a meal broke a window on Wednesday at the Calcasieu Correctional Center in order to be arrested and incarcerated overnight.

Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso said the man, Kenneth D. Hunt, 39, threw a rock and broke the glass on the front door of the main entrance to the facility Wednesday night. He then pushed out the broken glass with his hands.

Mancuso said Hunt had been released from the facility earlier that afternoon after being booked on Nov. 1 for theft, criminal damage to property and criminal trespassing.

“This individual had not even been released from the Calcasieu Correctional Center for 24 hours before he decided to return and break the glass on the front doors,” Mancuso said.  “He stated to deputies he wanted a place to sleep and a meal; we quickly made those arrangements for him.  I guess we can now say we literally have people beating down the door to stay with us.”