Prison escape, reward offered

Armed police are still hunting man who broke out of Hebei jail

BEIJING - The prison management authority has offered a 100,000-yuan ($15,600) reward to anyone that helps the police capture a prisoner who escaped from a jail near Gaoguzhuang village in North China's Hebei province on Sunday morning.

Also anyone providing information that leads to his capture will receive a reward of 20,000 yuan, a publicity department official with the jail said on Wednesday.