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Authorities capture escaped MDOC inmate

By Garret Grove Dec 24, 2024 | 8:41 PM

GREENE COUNTY, Miss, (WJTV) – The Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) announced Wednesday afternoon that authorities captured the convicted murderer who escaped from a Greene County prison on Tuesday.

Escapee Drew Johnson is in custody. MDOC announced on Facebook that authorities captured 33-year-old Drew Johnson near the South Mississippi Correctional Institution (SMCI), where he escaped on Tuesday afternoon.

Drew Johnson (Courtesy: Mississippi Department of Corrections)
Drew Johnson (Courtesy: Mississippi Department of Corrections)

The inmate is serving a life sentence for a Rankin County murder. Johnson, sentenced in February 2022, escaped from SMCI in Leakesville.