UPDATE: JDCC walkaway Riffey captured in Spiro

Monday, June 04, 2018

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma Department of Corrections has learned that Jess Correctional Center walkaway Mark Riffey has been arrested by Spiro police.

Police took Riffey into custody after receiving a call Monday afternoon from a member of the public about a man matching his description walking through a parking lot.

Riffey was arrested without incident, and will be booked at LeFlore County jail.

He walked away May 29 from Jess Dunn Correctional Center, a minimum security prison for men in Taft.

His brother-in-law and wife were arrested last Friday in connection with his escape.

Oklahoma Department of Corrections
3400 North Martin Luther King Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73111-4298

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