Police are searching for two convicted robbers who escaped from a Kentucky prison on Monday night.

Jordan Green, 24, and Waltez Franklin, 23, reportedly "walked away" from the minimum-security Blackburn Correctional Complex in Lexington, according to WTVQ.

Almost half of the 59 prison escapes reported in the state of Kentucky in the five years to July 2015 were from the Blackburn Correctional Complex, the Lexington Herald Leader reported.