Louisiana authorities say all eight inmates who escaped from a rural jail were captured less than 24 hours after they were reported missing. Officials have not said how the escape unfolded from the Riverbend Detention Center in Lake Providence, located in East Carroll Parish -- a rural area that borders Arkansas and Mississippi -- before they were reported missing at 1:20 a.m. Friday. They have also not detailed how each of the men were captured. The arrests were announced in three batches from Friday afternoon until early Saturday morning and involved several federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, including the police department in Yazoo City, Mississippi, a nearly two-hour drive from the jail. Neither state police nor the East Carroll Parish Sheriff's Office immediately returned calls Saturday from The Associated Press. The inmates ranged in age from 19 to 31. Authorities said all of them were considered violent offenders. Court records said the escapees were being held on charges that included murder, aggravated assault with a firearm and aggravated flight from an officer. East Carroll Parish is in part of Louisiana that was hard hit by power outages following the...
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