FRANKLIN COUNTY — Four inmates escaped a minimum-security prison in Ohio late Thursday.
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Columbus Police officers responded around 8:50 p.m. to reports that four inmates were on the run from the Franklin County Community Based Correctional Facility, according to our news partner, WBNS TV in Columbus.
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A Franklin County Sheriff’s detective told WBNS that the inmates broke a window and ran.
Arrest warrants have been issued for those four inmates.
The Franklin County Community-Based Correction Facility (CBCF) is a minimum-security residential prison diversion program for adult offenders, according to its website.
The identities of the four inmates have not been released.
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