The Correctional Service of Canada says an inmate has escaped the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert.
It says during the 9:30 pm count on New Year’s Eve, staff members discovered Glen Fredrick Richard Halkett was missing.
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The service contacted the RCMP’s Prince Albert detachment, and a warrant for the 29-year-old’s arrest has been issued.
Halkett is described as five feet eight inches tall, 168 pounds, with brown eyes, black hair and tattoos on his neck and under his left eye.
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Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact police.
He was serving a sentence of two years and nine months for various offences including break and enter and vehicle theft.
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