Failed inmate escape

JASPER COUNTY, Miss. - An escape plan for one inmate did not go very well Sunday.

Jasper County Sheriff, Randy Johnson said around 2 p.m., the department responded to a missing person.

Deputies found Michael Askew on the ground at the recreation yard via video surveillance. Johnson said Askew climbed up the jail's 12-foot fence, climbed onto the roof, and jumped off.

Askew ended up landing wrong.

Askew suffered a broken leg and is still in the hospital recovering.