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Authorities are searching for inmate Stacy Huggins, who escaped from a work assignment in Hephzibah on September 4.

The public was not notified of the escape until September 9, five days after Huggins went missing.

A joint search is underway involving the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Department of Corrections.

Photographs of Huggins have been released to aid in the search, and details about the escape remain unclear.

Anyone with information about Huggins’ whereabouts is urged to contact the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities are searching for an inmate who walked away from his work assignment in Hephzibah last week, though the public wasn’t notified of the escape until days after the incident occurred.

The inmate was in jail for murder.

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