Authorities in Mississippi are searching for a prison escapee police have described as “desperate” and “very very dangerous.”

Authorities in Mississippi are searching for Drew Johnson, a convicted killer they say escaped from prison Tuesday, describing him as "desperate" and "very dangerous."

The man, who had been serving a life sentence, broke out of the state’s newest prison on Christmas Eve, officials said.

Convicted murderer Drew Johnson is back in prison on Christmas Day after briefly escaping a Mississippi state prison on Christmas Eve.

LEAKESVILLE, MS - (WTVA) The Mississippi Department of Corrections captured an escaped inmate in South Mississippi. Prison leaders say Drew Johnson escaped from the South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Leakesville on Christmas Eve.

Mississippi authorities are searching for Drew Johnson, a convicted murderer who broke free from the South Mississippi Correctional Institution.