A 35-year-old Arkansas work-release inmate who escaped Monday night has been caught, the state Department of Correction said.
Joshua Bean walked away from his work site at M&M Milling, 33 Globe Avenue in Texarkana, about 10:45 p.m., according to a statement. Department spokesman Solomon Graves said he was part of the work-release program supervised by the Texarkana Regional Correctional Center.
Bean was recaptured in Texarkana about 11 a.m. Tuesday, Graves said.
According to Garland County court records, Bean was sentenced to 15 years in prison for residential burglary and 10 years for theft by receiving in May 2016. The sentences were set to run concurrently.
Prison records show that he would have been eligible for parole in October 2018.
Bean is the third inmate to escape the Arkansas prison system in three weeks.
Robert Woodward, 46, fled while he and other inmates were mowing near a cornfield by the Delta Regional Unit in Dermott on June 20 and is still on the loose. Jamie Mitchell, 37, stole a car from a work site while under the supervision of the Benton Unit on June 30 but was recaptured shortly after when he crashed the vehicle.
Read Wednesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.
*CORRECTION: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated when Bean escaped. He walked away from the site Monday night.