Inmate captured just hours after escaping from Brazoria County prison, sheriff’s office says

ROSHARON, Texas (KTRK) — An inmate who escaped from the Stringfellow Unit in Rosharon has been captured, according to the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said 23-year-old Calvin Lee Patterson was last seen at approximately 4 a.m. Tuesday at the Stringfellow Unit. In a later update on Facebook, BCSO said Patterson was back in custody.

Patterson is a probationer out of Harris County who is serving a nine-month sentence for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, TDCJ said.

Authorities did not immediately release further details about how Patterson managed to escape or where he was found when he was taken back into custody.