Three inmates who were captured less than 24 hours after they escaped from the Miller County jail appeared before a Circuit Court judge Thursday morning.

Kenneth DeWayne Riley, 40; Codarrius Vashaun Morris, 20; and Jeffrey Dean Smith, 36, wore shackles as a guard escorted them into the courtroom at the Miller County jail for their first judicial appearances following their apprehensions.

In all, five inmates escaped from a maximum security pod and made it over the perimeter fence Tuesday evening. Of those, three have been caught. Anthony Michael Brown, 30, and Bennie Ra...