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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky State Police are searching for a Hart County inmate who escaped while on work release.

John M. English, 41, was assigned to a work release at Kentucky Chrome Works in Horse Cave. The 5-foot-11, 175 pound white man walked away from a work release located at 100 Bluegrass Avenue around 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, according to a news release. English was last seen wearing brown shorts and a white shirt.

He was being hosted at the Hart County Jail on offenses of possession of a controlled substance and persistent felony offender, according to KSP.

Anyone with any information about English is asked to call KSP's Post 3 at (27) 782-2010.

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