Prison inmate escapes while on work release

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Authorities in South Dakota are looking for a prison inmate who escaped while on a work release program.

The South Dakota Department of Corrections says Ryan Langford left his community service worksite in Sioux Falls on Friday without authorization.

Langford is a minimum-security inmate. He is serving a four-year sentence with one year suspended for drug possession.

Anyone with information about Langford is asked to call authorities.

AP-WF-06-24-19