MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An inmate serving time on a drug conviction escaped from a community-based prison program in Mobile early Tuesday, the Department of Corrections said.
Michael Lee Jones, 53, was discovered missing from a work center in the port city at 2 a.m., the agency said. He was believed to be wearing a dark, long-sleeved sweater or jacket with khaki pants and black boots.
Jones was sentenced to 35 years in 1998 after being convicted of distributing drugs in Talladega County. He was considered a minimum-security inmate.