The Delaware Department of Correction spent hours on the search for a prisoner who they said walked away during an approved work pass earlier this week.
An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday for 28-year-old Kyle Ashe, the DOC said.
Ashe was apprehended Wednesday in Middletown, Delaware, officials said.
On Tuesday, Ashe "willfully walked away from the Plummer Community Corrections Center (PCCC) in Wilmington after failing to return from an approved work pass," the DOC said.
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The DOC explained the type of facility where Ashe was being held for probation violation and criminal contempt:
"Community Corrections Centers are Level 4 facilities where the Department of Correction manages offenders who are transitioning back into the community. These centers are not secured like Level 5 prisons, as offenders are permitted to the leave the facility to go to work, seek jobs, or attend approved treatment sessions."
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