Three prison escapees on the run for six days in the extreme heat of the Northern Territory outback have been captured.
Richard Henwood, 37, Ezra Austral, 23, and Maximus Cutta, 20, fled the Barkly Work Camp - about 1000km south of Darwin - on Saturday after removing their electronic monitoring devices.
Investigators had thought the trio stole a ute and headed north to Darwin but on Monday they realised they were hiding on the outskirts of nearby Tennant Creek.
Maximum temperatures in the town have hovered in the high thirties since Saturday, peaking at 40C on Wednesday.
Acting Commissioner Michael Murphy urged the men to surrender themselves, saying the weather conditions were "concerning".
"It's hot and they need water," he said.
"They need to come forward so we can look after them and offer a safe resolution to this."
The men did not heed the advice and were re-arrested in Tennant Creek on Thursday during a "targeted operation".
No information about where they had been hiding was provided.
The Barkly Work Camp is a low-security correctional work camp two kilometres from the Tennant Creek town centre.
It holds open-security prisoners and no sex offenders or prisoners of public interest are placed at the camp.
