SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An inmate escaped Tuesday afternoon from a southern Illinois prison, officials said.

Marcus Battice, 21, got over the fence at Vandalia Correctional Center about 2 p.m., according to Tom Shaer, spokesman for the Illinois Department of Corrections.

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