Joshua Terry, 29, and Levi Mitchell, 39, were reported missing from Hollesley Bay in Suffolk shortly before 7pm yesterday.

Officers believe the inmates escaped the prison together.

Suffolk Police have urged anyone who has seen the men or knows their whereabouts to contact the force and warned people not to approach them.

Terry is serving a two year and four-month sentence for affray, threatening a person with a blade / sharply pointed article in a public place and theft.

He is described as being 6ft 2ins tall with ginger hair and blue eyes.

Police have said he is of thin build with stubble facial hair. He also has a tattoo on his lower arm of a star.

Mitchell is was jailed for multiple burglary offences, is described as being 5ft 10ins tall with ginger hair and blue eyes.

He is of a slight build with goatee. He also has a birthmark on his left arm and hand.