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Inmate who escaped from west Phoenix jail captured

The woman was in jail on a probation violation.
Credit: Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

PHOENIX — (AP) — Authorities say an inmate who escaped from a west Phoenix jail has been taken back into custody.

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says 21-year-old Katrina Celaya escaped from the Estrella Jail on Friday by leaving through an open sliding door and climbing over a barbed-wire fence.

Credit: Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

Officers who saw Celaya running took her into custody.

Celaya, who has earlier convictions for possession of drug paraphernalia, was in jail on a probation violation.

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