A state prison inmate with Yankton ties is back in custody after escaping last week.
Brandon Scott was placed on escape status Thursday when he left his community service job site in Sioux Falls without authorization.
Scott is serving sentences from Sanborn County and Minnehaha County for eluding a police officer, Yankton County for grand theft, and Minnehaha for failure to appear.
The state Department of Corrections says failure to return following an assignment constitutes second-degree escape, a Class 5 felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison.
