A 31-year-old man who escaped from a medium security prison in Western Australia has been caught after the car he was driving became bogged.

Brett Shannon Klimczak escaped from Acacia Prison on Monday morning but was caught hours later while trying to evade police in Jane Brook.

It was his second escape from a WA jail in four years.

In December 2010, Klimczak used a vehicle to smash his way out of Wooroloo Prison Farm and was at large for about three weeks before being caught.