1 of 2 escapees from Mississippi jail caught; 4 others broke out of same facility weeks ago

Two inmates escaped from Mississippi’s Raymond Detention Heart on Sunday, simply weeks after 4 different detainees broke out of the identical jail, authorities stated.

One among Sunday’s escapees was caught Monday night, Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones tweeted.

Officers seen Joseph Spring and Michael Lewis, each 31, had been lacking throughout the morning headcount, Jones tweeted earlier. “A breach within the facility was later situated together with fence injury,” he stated.

However deputies captured Lewis in Hinds County. Springs was nonetheless being sought.

CBS Jackson, Miss. affiliate WJTV reviews authorities assume the pair acquired out of the constructing by an airduct, then went over the jail’s fence. Jones stated a deputy patrolling the jail’s perimeter noticed objects belonging to the detainees and blood outdoors the fence earlier than the headcount.

Spring was arrested on Nov. 28 of final yr on a housebreaking cost, in accordance with Hinds County inmate information. Lewis was arrested on Dec. 2, 2022, on a cost of driving beneath the affect. 

An alert went out to 17,000 individuals within the space after their escape, Jones stated. 

On April 22, Dylan Arrington, Casey Grayson, Corey Harrison and Jerry Raynes escaped from the identical Mississippi facility.

Arrington died on April 26 after barricading himself in a house throughout an armed standoff with deputies, officers stated on the time. He could also be linked to a pastor’s killing and was additionally suspected of capturing an officer. 

Raynes was arrested on April 27, authorities stated. Grayson was discovered lifeless at a New Orleans truck cease on April 30. Harrison was taken into custody in early Might.

In July, U.S. District Choose Carlton Reeves ordered a takeover of the Raymond jail, CBS beforehand reported. He famous deficiencies in supervision and staffing together with “a shocking array of assaults, in addition to deaths.” The U.S. Fifth Circuit Courtroom of Appeals stayed that order after the county filed a movement for reconsideration in December.

— extra reporting by Brian Dakss

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