A Miller County Correctional Facility inmate escaped Wednesday, but was captured when Little River County deputies arrested him with two other people in a vehicle on Arkansas Highway 41.

The escape of Jesse Green, 18, of Foreman, Ark., came just about nine hours after the Miller County Quorum Court approved projects, estimated to cost nearly $800,000, Tuesday night to repair the jail and hire additional detention center guards.

A dangling rope made from pieces of blankets was discovered about 5 a.m. by a guard making a perimeter check, said Miller County Chief Deputy...

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