Florida: Prisoners Freed By Mistake Caught

Police have recaptured two convicted killers who were mistakenly freed from a prison with forged documents.

Joseph Jenkins and Charles Walker, both 34, were caught on Saturday night at the Coconut Grove Motor Inn in Panama City Beach, a popular tourist area in Florida.

Hours earlier their families had held a news conference urging them to surrender.

"Now that we have them in custody, we're hoping to get something from the interviews with them," said Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Gerald Bailey.

Jenkins was jailed after being convicted of first-degree murder in 1998, while Walker was serving a life sentence for second-degree murder.

Jenkins walked out of the Franklin Correctional Facility on September 27 and Walker on October 15 without anyone realising the paperwork, complete with case numbers and a judge's forged signature, was bogus.

The documents seemingly reduced their life sentences to 15 years.

The pair met family members and registered as felons at an Orlando jail, as required by law, without raising any alarms. They then disappeared.

The error only came to light when a relative of Jenkins' victim contacted the state attorney's office to let them know he had been freed.

The family had been notified of the release by mail, as is customary in cases of violent crime.

Following the  escapes the Corrections Department has changed the way it verifies early releases.

Prison officials must now get confirmation from judges - not just court clerks - before letting prisoners out early.

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