Carlos Goff (left) and Joshua Hall

Two inmates who escaped from a minimum security facility in Mineral Wells early Monday morning were captured about six hours later.

Joshua Hall and Carlos Goff, both 21, were discovered missing at 3:45 a.m. during a routine check at the Mineral Wells Pre-Parole Transfer Facility, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice official said.

Law enforcement officers in a helicopter spotted the two men within five miles of the prison at about 10 a.m.

The facility, operated by the Corrections Corporation of America, is located in the 700 block of Heintzelman Road in Parker County and houses about 2,100 male inmates.

Mr. Hall was serving a five-year sentence for a Jan. 2006 burglary in Jefferson County. Mr. Goff was sentenced to five years for a Sept. 2004 burglary in Denton County.

Both men now could face felony escape charges.