Department of Corrections officials say Bailey is back in custody after being found by Baton Rouge Police Officers near the intersection of Brightside and River Road.

A manhunt is underway for an escaped inmate who walked off of his work detail at the Department of Public Safety and Corrections headquarters in Baton Rouge Monday afternoon. Authorities are searching for 39-year-old Grant Bailey, Jr., originally from Haynesville, Louisiana.

Bailey is serving a 50 year sentence for attempted second degree murder and a 10 year sentence for theft. Bailey’s good time release date is scheduled for November 15, 2023.He was convicted in Webster Parish on July 7, 1997. He was transferred to Dixon Correctional Institute on July 1, 2019, and began his work detail at DOC headquarters on July 11, 2019.

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