Two inmates escaped Tuesday morning from the federal jail in the Loop, using bedsheets tied together to rappel 15 floors to the ground.

Sources told CBS 2 that the two are convicted bank robbers: Kenneth Conley, 38. and Jose Banks, 37. The prisoners were last checked at 5:30 a.m. The two could now be wearing white t-shirts, gray sweatpants and white gym shoes, authorities said.

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