Three inmates who escaped from Pitchess Detention Center by walking out of an unfenced laundry warehouse were captured Wednesday morning a few miles from the Castaic jail, authorities said.
The inmates were in a car that was pulled over by California Highway Patrol officers on the southbound Golden State Freeway in Santa Clarita. CHP Officer Sheri Jones said the suspects had found the keys in the vehicle. The car had not been reported stolen, authorities said.
