Authorities say they do not know where the inmates are or where they are going.
/Gray News) - Police in Mississippi are looking for two inmates who escaped from a county jail just one month after the last breach at the same facility.
Sheriff Jones says the breach occurred inside the ceiling of the recreation room, with the two gaining access to the air duct and making their way out of the jail.Sheriff Jones said a deputy would later discover blood near where the two supposedly escaped, as well as other items that may have belonged to the inmates.
However, there have not been any reports of them being spotted in the immediate area, the sheriff said.During a Monday afternoon press briefing, the sheriff apologized for the escape, calling it “a public safety breach.” One of those detainees killed a preacher and later died in a house fire during a standoff with Leake County deputies.
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