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Inmate walks away from work detail

Madison - An inmate at the Madison Correctional Facility is being sought after prison authorities say she walked away from a work detail.

Twenty-eight-year-old Reba Wilson of Indianapolis was discovered missing about 2:15 p.m. Thursday during a work detail at a Salvation Army in southern Indiana.

Wilson was imprisoned on convictions of forgery and receiving stolen property. Her earliest possible release date is Sept. 25, 2010.

Wilson, a 5-foot-7 black woman with black hair and brown eyes, was last seen wearing khaki pants, khaki shirt and work boots. Authorities also say she has a tattoo of the name Duane on her upper left arm.

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Madison correctional facility walk away captured


Madison - A Madison Correctional Facility offender who walked away from her work crew assignment earlier this week was taken into custody on Saturday in Gary.

Reba Wilson was at the Madison/Jefferson County Salvation Army last Thursday when she disappeared.

She was captured Saturday by Lake County Parole Agents McLain and Zuazua and Lake County Warrant Officers Jones and Pioch.

"This was a joint effort between several IDOC departments including our Internal Affairs Unit, Fugitive Apprehension Unit, Gary Parole Supervisor Yvette Salinas and her staff, Madison facility staff, along with the Lake County Sheriff Department, Madison Police Department and Jefferson County Sheriff Department," stated Commissioner Edwin G. Buss. "Due to everyone's swift actions we were able to expedite her swift return to custody."

Wilson is at the Lake County Jail pending transfer to the maximum security unit at the Indiana Women's Prison in Indianapolis.