CORRECTIONS OFFICER CHARGED

An Escambia County Alabama correctional officer has been charged with helping two inmates escape from the work release barracks in Brewton, Alabama. Escambia County Alabama Sheriff Heath Jackson said 47-year-old Correction Officer Deidra Madden left a security door propped open early Saturday morning to allow 33-year old Hunter Madden and 24-year old Gregory Smith to escape. A Department of Corrections K-9 team located both inmates a short time later and both are now facing an additional escape charge. Madden was charged with two counts of facilitating an escape.

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