Ex-con Joseph Azter has committed a fashion crime, and because of that, he’s back in the slammer.

The ex-con had taken a windbreaker (issued by the prison) with him when he was released April 24 from the California Institution for Men in Chino, where (ironically) he had done time for theft.

But the next day, several terrified residents saw Azter standing on a street corner in Redlands with the words “CDC Prisoner” on the back of his jacket.

Those neighbors called the cops to report a prison escapee.

Police in Redlands claim that Azter said to a responding officer that prison execs had given him the jacket.

But what the officials really said was that the jacket belonged to the state and that he should have returned it when he was released.

Police arrested Azter that afternoon for investigation of possessing stolen property, and for failing to register with his parole officer within 24 hours of being let out of the slammer.

So there is a lesson to be learned from this story, and a lot of the other stories on this website: a fool and his freedom are soon parted.