UPDATE: Convicted murderer recaptured after escape from Saskatchewan Penitentiary
Federal corrections officials say they’re investigating how a convicted murderer escaped from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert.
Correctional Service Canada spokesman Jeff Campbell said Roger Joseph Gillet was being held in the minimum-security unit when prison staff discovered he was missing during Friday morning’s count.
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The minimum-security unit does not have a fence, but Campbell says inmates know where the boundaries are and the consequences for leaving.
Campbell said the idea is to build a sense of responsibility to get offenders ready to reintegrate into the community.
He couldn’t talk specifically about Gillet’s case, but said anyone who gets to minimum security is assessed as a low risk.
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Gillet, 64, is serving an indeterminate sentence for second-degree murder, forcible confinement, robbery, prison breach and escaping lawful custody.
This is the fourteenth escape this year in Saskatchewan of someone in custody.