ASSUMPTION PARISH - An inmate is back in custody after escaping from a jail earlier this week.

Assumption Parish Sheriff's Office told WBRZ early Thursday morning that Roller Avila, 19, of Donaldsonville was found in Jefferson Parish and arrested by sheriff's deputies and police officers in Gretna.

The sheriff's office said Avila had escaped from the Assumption detention facility Tuesday evening. He reportedly climbed a security wall before running off the jail grounds.

The department said the escape was caused by "employee error" and that an investigation into what went wrong is ongoing. Thursday afternoon, the sheriff's office announced that a jail employee had resigned in lieu of being fired. That person was not immediately identified. 

Avila had been jailed for his alleged role in a robbery at the Cane Row Casino in Belle Rose on Sept. 29.