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2 inmates recaptured after escaping Ga. facility

GDoC( Kenneth Hamilton, Jacob Long)

MACON, Ga. — Two inmates have been captured after escaping a facility in Macon.

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The Georgia Department of Corrections issued a statewide manhunt on Wednesday for two inmates Kenneth Hamilton and Jacob Long.

The pair are residents at Macon Transitional Center.

Officials said the pair walked away from the facility.

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Hamilton was recaptured around early Wednesday morning. A few hours later a fugitive squad captured Long.

Long faces charges of aggravated assault and theft by shoplifting. Hamilton is charged with aggravated battery.

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