Multiple Juvenile Escapees Captured, Safety Concerns Raised at Detention Centers

One of the three juvenile escapees from the Henley-Young-Patton Juvenile Justice Center in Hinds County, Mississippi, has been captured, while two remain on the run. The captured escapee, 16-year-old Robert Earl Smith, Jr., was apprehended by the Hinds County Sheriff's Office and the US Marshal Fugitive Task Force. The other two escapees, Tayshon Holmes and Jashon Jones, are still at large. Smith is facing a first-degree murder charge, while Jones is indicted on felony counts of armed robbery and auto theft, and Holmes is indicted on an aggravated assault charge.