5:20 saturday night, local time hey had them surrounded, bull horns and firearms aimed at room 227. 34-year-old fugitives charles walker and joe jenkins had no way out. >> we made announcements over our p.a. system they were surrounded. after a minute or two, both of the fugitives came out and surrendered to us. >> reporter: the clever escaped prisoners appeared in a county court. >> jenkins, joseph. >> reporter: still waiting to be handed over to prison officials. police questioned them all night. >> there's a request you be held without bond. >> reporter: authorities told us the men had help. they traveled here separately and were waiting on a ride out of town. police promised more arrests as soon as possible. >> the piece we know is it that was dispatched from atlanta. who was the driver or where that driver was going to take them after he or she got here we do not know. >> reporter: there is no way to sugar coat how big of an embarrassment this has been to state authorities. from their prison cells, walker and jenkins somehow produced forged documents good enough for officials to release them from their life sentences without parole. >> it is embarrassing. everyone is making sure we come up with a process and procedure