On Thursday state inmate Melody Diana Maher, 24, escaped from the North State Street Mississippi Prison Industries location.
According the the Mississippi Department of Corrections she was last seen around 11:15 a.m. Maher was being housed at the Flowood Community Work Center for two drug related charges.
Maher was convicted in DeSoto County back in January of 2016 for controlled substance within a facility and then again later that month for cocaine possession. She was sentenced to a total of 15 years.
If you see Maher contact the local authorities or the MDOC at 662-745-6611