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Hundreds of Georgia inmates escape but how long are they free?

Donnie Russell Rowe and Ricky Dubose, accused of killing two Georgia correctional officers and then committing a crime spree, were arrested June 15 in Tennessee. Rowe and Dubose escaped from a prison bus in Putnam County in the early morning hours of June 13 during a routine transfer. (WKRN-TV News 2 photo)
Donnie Russell Rowe and Ricky Dubose, accused of killing two Georgia correctional officers and then committing a crime spree, were arrested June 15 in Tennessee. Rowe and Dubose escaped from a prison bus in Putnam County in the early morning hours of June 13 during a routine transfer. (WKRN-TV News 2 photo)
July 10, 2017

The escape last month of a pair of Georgia inmates attracted a national manhunt. Ricky Dubose and Donnie Russell Rowe were apprehended following a violent three-day rampage that stretched across two states.

A review of state Department of Corrections data by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found that hundreds of inmates have escaped since 2009.

But most aren’t doing so from state prisons or transport buses.

Learn more about where they are coming from and how long they are able to remain at large at myajc.com 

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