Authorities in Mississippi say a "desperate" and "very dangerous" convicted murderer, Drew Johnson, is back in custody after escaping from prison Tuesday.

The man, who had been serving a life sentence, broke out of the state’s newest prison on Christmas Eve, officials said.

Convicted murderer Drew Johnson is back in prison on Christmas Day after briefly escaping a Mississippi state prison on Christmas Eve.

According to an alert sent out by the Greene County Emergency Management office, 33-year-old Drew Johnson escaped from the South Mississippi Correctional Institution around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Mississippi Department of Corrections announced that Johnson had been captured on Wednesday near the area of SMCI.

LEAKESVILLE, MS - (WTVA) The Mississippi Department of Corrections captured an escaped inmate in South Mississippi. Prison leaders say Drew Johnson escaped from the South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Leakesville on Christmas Eve.

The Mississippi Department of Corrections and other agencies had been searching for inmate Drew Johnson, who escaped from the South Mississippi Correctional Institution Tuesday afternoon.

Authorities in Mississippi are searching for a prison escapee police have described as “desperate” and “very very dangerous.”

Mississippi authorities are searching for Drew Johnson, a convicted murderer who broke free from the South Mississippi Correctional Institution.