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Half of inmates who escaped with blankets captured

Two of the four inmates who escaped from the Jackson Detention Center using a rope made of blankets have been recaptured

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Sources say inmates escaped from the downtown Jackson jail by tying bed sheets together.

Photo WAPT

By C1 Staff

JACKSON, Miss. — Two of the four inmates who escaped from the Jackson Detention Center using a rope made of blankets have been recaptured.

WAPT reports that the inmates were able to remove a bar from a window that had already been broken in order to escape. The window is on one of the top floors of the facility.

Airick Toins, 16, and Cornelius Carter, 16 were both captured Friday morning. Tyree Bailey, 17, and Kevin Holmes, 17, are both still being sought by authorities.

Charges between the four inmates range from armed robbery to aggravated assault.

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