DECATUR, Ala. – Two of three inmates who escaped from the Decatur Work Release Center on Monday have been recaptured. ÐÔÊӽ紫ý of Corrections agents apprehended Jonathan Keith Kennedy and Michael Ray Morrison at approximately 1 p.m. on Tuesday near Hospitality Park in Decatur. Kennedy and Morrison were taken into custody without incident.
A search continues for a third inmate who escaped from the work release center along with Kennedy and Morrison. James Brent Brown, 45, remains at large. Brown was serving a life sentence on a 1997 manslaughter conviction in Morgan County. He would have been eligible for parole in December 2018.
Decatur police, county and state law enforcement, and the ÐÔÊӽ紫ý Marshals Fugitive Task Force is assisting ADOC in BrownÐÔÊӽ紫ý recapture.
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