Bali Kerobokan prison fugitive recaptured after dramatic escape

Indonesian police have recaptured an escapee from Bali's notorious Kerobokan prison.

The prisoner had cut through bars in the ceiling of his jail cell before managing to climb a perimeter wall in an area that was being refurbished.

Thirty-two year old Cristian Beasley, from California, was rearrested on Sunday after a week on the run, the ABC has reported.

Cristian Beasley has been recaptured after escaping from Kerobokan prison.
Cristian Beasley has been recaptured after escaping from Kerobokan prison.

Beasley is suspected of committing drug crimes but had not been sentenced when he made his escape using a ladder.

It's the second breakout of foreign inmates this year.

In June, an Australian, a Bulgarian, an Indian and a Malaysian tunnelled their way out of the prison, making international headlines.

The Indian and the Bulgarian were caught soon after in neighbouring East Timor, but Australian Shaun Edward Davidson and Malaysian Tee Kok King are still on the run.

A number of foreign inmates have escaped from Kerobokan this year. Source: AAP
A number of foreign inmates have escaped from Kerobokan this year. Source: AAP

Davidson has been baiting police with supposed Facebook posts from different parts of the world, boasting of his newfound freedom.

He's not the first well-known Australian drug convict to have made headlines in connection to Kerobokan.

Schapelle Corby served nine years behind bars there after she was convicted of smuggling cannabis into Indonesia.