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Men who fled correctional centre found, arrested

Two men who fled from a Townsville prison are back behind bars. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Two men who escaped from a north Queensland prison have been arrested.

The search for Vaughn Michael James Hunter and Fabien Brian Galigan began on Sunday when the pair fled from the Townsville Correctional Centre. 

Queensland Corrective Services said on Wednesday the two men had been arrested by police and are now back in custody.

Hunter is serving 10 months for serious assault and Galigan two years and six months for wounding.

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