UNIONTOWN, Ala. (AP) - Authorities are searching for two state
prisoners who have escaped from a private prison in Perry County.
The men, 26-year-old Joshua Southwick and 22-year-old Ashton
Mink, escaped on Monday.
Southwick was serving a life sentence after pleading guilty to a
2003 murder-for-hire case in Limestone County and Mink, was serving time for an attempted murder conviction in Madison County in 2005. He is not scheduled for release until 2028.
Southwick
Mink
The Alabama Department of Corrections leases bed space from the
private facility.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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