One of two prisoners who escaped from Kempsey jail has crossed the state’s northern border.

Phillip Sampson and Kurt Reynolds have been on the run since escaping from the mid-north Coast Correctional Centre on Friday.

Queensland police have found 35-year-old Sampson after he allegedly broke into a Queensland home and attacked the 71-year-old resident with a hammer before stealing property and the man’s car.

He’s been charged to face a Brisbane court this morning.

But a whistleblower has contacted Ray Hadley, exclusively revealing how the inmates escaped the prison with such ease.

This comes after Ray revealed yesterday the inmates got a two-hour head start.

The emailer says Sampson and Reynolds didn’t even have to break into a car to flee, simply picking up some unsecured keys in one of the prison’s offices.

Reynolds is still on the run.

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