2 teens caught after escaping juvenile prison in Giddings

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Monday, April 23, 2018
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2 teens caught after escaping juvenile prison in Giddings.

GIDDINGS, Texas -- Two teen inmates have been caught after escaping from a juvenile prison in Giddings, Texas, about 100 miles northwest of Houston.

According to a tweet from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, 16-year-olds Brice Ryan Karalis and Bryan Ernando Villanueva were caught just before 7 p.m. Sunday in Montgomery County.

The two had disappeared from the Giddings State School around 9 p.m. on Saturday.

The teens' mode of escape was not released.

It was not immediately clear why Karalis or Villanueva were being held at the prison.