Sheriff's Department examining procedures after inmates escape - WQOW TV: Eau Claire, WI NEWS18 News, Weather, and Sports

Black River Falls (WQOW) - After the escape of two inmates in Black River Falls, the Jackson County Sheriff's Department is examining their procedures, and talking about what they've learned from the case.

The two men, James Newman and James Misleveck spent a week on the run, before being captured in Florida. While inmates have escaped from the Black River correctional facility before, the sheriff's department says it's rare, and that they typically flee the area quickly. 

But in this case, officers say the two men went on a crime spree in the area, before heading to Florida.

In the hours after the duo was discovered missing the sheriff's department says communication could have been improved.

"The notification process, which seems to be a situation here that we may look at, like the Kwik Trip, the Walmart, Denny's, the Casino, those 24/7 type places, and giving them a heads up," says Jackson County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Patrick LaBarbera.

Misleveck and Newman are accused of stealing a gun and several cars, along with kidnapping a woman from a casino parking lot and forcing her to drive them to Sparta. In Florida, surveillance cameras captured the duo grabbing a store clerk, and beating him, while emptying the register.