UPDATE:
Both inmates who escaped from the Northeast Arkansas Community Correction Center in Osceola are back in custody, authorities said Monday evening.
In alerts sent out shortly after 6:30 p.m., Arkansas Community Correction said Austin Magness, 22, and Willie Reynolds, 26, were recaptured.
The agency's deputy director, Dina Tyler, said in an email that dogs tracked the two men to a farm field less than a mile from the facility.
"They were lying down in hopes of avoiding detection," she wrote, adding Magness and Reynolds will be transferred to a "more secure facility" than the one they escaped from.
A prosecutor will determine what charges the men will face.
EARLIER:
Two inmates who arrived five days ago at the Northeast Arkansas Community Correction Center in Osceola have escaped, Arkansas Community Correction said Monday afternoon.
In a news release, the agency said Austin Magness, 22, and Willie Reynolds, 26, are believed to have scaled a fence surrounding the recreation yard at the minimum security center during their escape.
Magness, who stands 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 145 pounds, is serving a three-year sentence for drug and theft convictions out of Jackson County.
Reynolds, who stands 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 176 pounds, was sentenced to 42 months on a conviction for property theft out of Jackson County.
Both were last seen wearing yellow inmate uniforms, the news release states.
Check back with ArkansasOnline for updates on this developing story and read Tuesday’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.