ERIE — Two men who were charged with new allegations while they were inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution at McKean in Lafayette Township have been sentenced in federal court.

Both men — Jonathan Rodriguez Melendez, 26, and Dontrace Marcus Blaine, 29 — entered guilty pleas on the new allegations prior to sentencing, a press release from U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton indicated.

According to Hickton, Melendez was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge David S. Cercone to one month in jail on his conviction of a charge of escape after conviction. The sentence will run consecutive to his current sentence.

On Oct. 10, 2015, Melendez escaped from the Federal Prison Camp at FCI-McKean while incarcerated for a conviction of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and to distribution of heroin, Hickton stated. He received the heroin-related sentence from the Western District of New York.

Meanwhile, Blaine will serve 10 months in jail — consecutive to his current sentence — after being convicted of a charge of possession of contraband, Hickton reported. He was also sentenced before Cercone.

According to Hickton, on July 1, 2015, Blaine possessed a weapon in prison.

Officers at FCI-McKean investigated both cases, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Christian A. Trabold prosecuted them on behalf of the government.