The inmate who escaped early Monday morning from a Decatur work release center was recaptured in the afternoon after more than 14 hours on the lam, authorities said.

Dyron Rashas Primus, 27, surrendered without incident in Decatur around 3:10 p.m. Monday, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections.

Primus is serving a 15-year sentence at the North Alabama Community Based Facility/Community Work Center in Decatur for marijuana possession. Primus escaped from the facility around 1 a.m. Monday.

The corrections department and the U.S. Marshals Service helped recapture Primus.