Two prisoners who escaped from the state prison in Portage were captured in northern Illinois this morning.
Thirty-seven-year-old James Newman and 46-year-old Thomas Deering were taken into custody in Rockford, about 90 miles south of the prison.
Rockford police say both men showed up at a community center this morning. Staff called police, and the men were taken into custody.
Newman and Deering escaped yesterday.
