UPDATE: Lexington prison escapee captured

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – An inmate who walked away from Blackburn Correctional Complex is back behind bars.

The Kentucky Department of Corrections says 30-year-old Brandon Edwards was taken into custody on Wednesday afternoon.

This, after authorities say he left Blackburn Correctional Complex on Tuesday night.

Edwards was serving a ten-year sentence for burglary and theft in Breckinridge County.

He has been booked into Louisville Metro Corrections.