A man accused of beating another man to death with a hatchet in July 2015 escaped from the Blount County Correctional Facility, according to an alert issued Saturday night.

On Sunday morning, Blount County authorities tweeted that the suspect had been recaptured.

Blount County District Attorney Pamela Casey said Macneill was recaptured in Camila Courts and is being charged with new crimes.

She said about 30 members of law enforcement participated in the search.

Macneill escaped during the one hour of the day that capital murder defendants are not locked down in their cell.

"What happened at the jail last night is not acceptable," Casey posted on her Facebook page Sunday morning. "It cannot happen again. It never should have happened. Security measures that were in place failed last night. The sheriff's office is very aware of this and will be addressing those issues ASAP."

Blount County Sheriff Loyd Arrington couldn't be immediately reached for comment on Sunday morning.

Justin Macneill was last seen by jail personnel at around 5:10 p.m.

According to reports, Macneill escaped by kicking in the fire door at the jail and then jumping a fence.

Blount County authorities say Macneill beat another man to death with hatchet during a fight in July 2015. Police say he then hid the man's body under a bed. He was arrested by police after a chase.

The escaped inmate has been apprehended. https://t.co/e38aDnlKbS — Blount 9-1-1 (@BlountCounty911) January 3, 2016

Updated at 10:01 a.m. with information from district attorney.