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Alabama authorities search for escaped inmate

Prison interior. Jail cells and shadows, dark background. 3d illustration / Getty Images
Prison interior. Jail cells and shadows, dark background. 3d illustration / Getty Images Prison interior. Jail cells and shadows, dark background. 3d illustration / Getty Images

CAMDEN, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Alabama are searching for an inmate who has escaped from a state work release center.

News outlets report the Alabama Department of Corrections said in a news release that 24-year-old Austin Patrick Hall escaped from custody at the Camden Work Release Center Sunday evening. The center is about 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Selma.

Court records show Hall is serving more than nine years on a property theft conviction.