Inmate walks away from Vinita jail, found 11 hours later
VINITA, Okla. (KFOR) - An inmate unlawfully walked away from the jail in Vinita Saturday night and was out for around 11 hours until he was apprehended according to corrections officials.
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The Oklahoma Department of Corrections posted on Facebook that 23-year-old Jett Green walked away from the Northeast Oklahoma Community Corrections Center around 9 p.m.
He is serving a two-year sentence for possession of a stolen vehicle out of Tulsa County.
Around 11 a.m. Sunday the post was updated to include that inmate Green had been apprehended.