Correctional Service Canada (CSC) said a convicted murderer is back in custody.
Prince Albert RCMP apprehended Roger Gillet, who escaped from Saskatchewan Penitentiary, at around 6:45 a.m. CT on Tuesday.
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He had been unlawfully at large since the morning of Sept. 30. Staff members discovered the 64-year-old man was not accounted for during a count in the minimum-security unit in Prince Albert.
Gillet is currently serving an indeterminate sentence for second-degree murder, forcible confinement, robbery, prison breach and escaping lawful custody.
CSC said it is investigating the escape.
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