ELMORE, AL (WCMH) – The Alabama Department of Corrections is searching for a missing inmate.

Justin Caldwell, 27, went missing from the Elmore Correctional Facility just before 2am Friday morning. Caldwell is serving an eight-year sentence for theft charges.

Department spokesman Bob Horton says state and federal law enforcement are following leads to find the missing inmate, but he is still on the loose this morning.

Further details about the escape haven’t been released. It is unclear where he may be heading, but Caldwell does have a neck tattoo that reads “Ohio.”

Anyone with information should call 911 right away.