FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	CONTACT:  DORINDA CARTER
June 12, 2008	615-741-1000, EXT. 8144 (OFFICE)
	877-909-5128 (PAGER)

ESCAPED INMATE CAPTURED

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -An inmate who escaped from TDOC custody on June 10, 2008 has been arrested. Yolanda Denise Barefield walked away from a work detail at the Rachel Jackson Building in downtown Nashville Monday evening. She was arrested by Metro Nashville Police Wednesday afternoon while walking along a Nashville street.

Barefield was serving a six-year sentence for theft of property and cocaine convictions in Davidson County. She was assigned to the Tennessee Prison for Women. She will likely face an escape charge.

 

 

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