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UPDATE: Inmate captured after escape

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UPDATE

An inmate who escaped from the Beckley Correctional Center on Wednesday afternoon has been captured, according to authorities.

George Henderson, 27, had been in jail on drug charges out of Kanawha County.


 

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A manhunt is under way, after a man escaped from the Beckley Correctional Center today.

Corrections officials tell us they're looking for George Henderson, 27.
     
He was in jail on drug charges out of Kanawha County.
     
Henderson is 5-feet, 8-inches, 175 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes.
     
We're told he also has several tattoos on his upper back, forehead and left arm.
     
If you have any information on his whereabouts please call 911.