Iowa Department of Corrections spokesman Fred Scaletta said Wednesday afternoon, that Work Release prisoner who failed to return from Tuesday from his place of employment to the Fort Des Moines Work Release Facility, has been apprehended. 30-year old Michael Joseph Frazier, who had been listed as escaped, returned to the facility at around 1:30-p.m. Wednesday, and was transported to the Polk County Jail by the Fifth District Warrant Team.

Frazier was transferred to Work Release June 22nd. He was serving a 15-year sentence out of Warren County for 3rd degree kidnapping and possession of a firearm as a felon.

DOC file photo of Michael Frazier.