3 inmates escape from Morgan County work release center

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DECATUR, Ala. (AP) - Authorities in northern Alabama say they are looking for three inmates who have escaped from a work release center.

The Alabama Department of Corrections said in a news release that 45-year-old Michael Ray Morrison, 49-year-old James Brent Brown, and 38-year-old Jonathan Keith Kennedy all escaped from the Decatur Work Release Center in Morgan County on Monday night.

Brown is serving a 99-year jail sentence for a manslaughter charge out of Morgan County.

Morrison was sentenced to 20 years in July for a third-degree burglary.

Kennedy is also serving a 20-year sentence after he was convicted in May 2013 of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument.

All three men were last seen wearing their white uniforms. The Department of Corrections is asking anyone with any information to call (800) 831-8825.

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