Dec. 07--Officials are searching for a Chicago man who along with another inmate escaped Sunday from an Illinois state prison facility in southern Illinois.
The inmate from Chicago, Kevin Rivera, 20, of the 1900 block of North Kedvale Avenue, escaped the Dixon Springs Impact Incarceration Program, according to Illinois Department of Corrections officials.
Along with Rivera, Jerrette D. Reed, 25, who was sentenced in Randolph County, also escaped, according to officials.
The two men were reported missing from the facility at 5:50 p.m., officials said.
They were last seen wearing an orange T-shirt and blue pants with a yellow stripe along the sides.
Rivera is serving a five year sentence for the manufacture and delivery of cocaine. He pleaded guilty to the charge Aug. 12 in Skokie.
Reed is serving a three-year sentence on meth-related charges.
Officails said that while both men were incarcerated for nonviolent crimes, officials are advising people to use caution and contact authorities immediately if they spot the men. IDOC officials said they are working with local authorities to locate and apprehend the men.
