It's not often you hear about someone trying to break into a prison — but that's the call Bay St. George RCMP got on Friday night.

Police were called to the West Coast Correctional Centre in Stephenville just before 10 p.m. with reports of an intoxicated man attempting to climb the fence of the jail.

The RCMP arrested the 32-year-old from Stephenville and held him in police lockup until he was sober.

He was charged with mischief and has a court date in early December.