Inmate who escaped from remote Sask. corrections camp arrested at Sturgeon Lake

CBC News | Posted: July 21, 2017 7:10 PM | Last Updated: July 21, 2017

Man missing from open custody facility for 2 weeks

Image | Jade Ermine

Caption: Jade Ermine was arrested in Sturgeon Lake on July 15 after being missing from a correctional camp for two weeks. (RCMP)

An inmate who escaped from a provincial correctional facility near Pinehouse Lake, Sask., at the end of June is back in custody.

Police say Jade Ermine, 28, was arrested without incident on July 15 by Prince Albert RCMP on the Sturgeon Lake First Nation.

Ermine had escaped from the Besnard Lake Correctional Camp, an open custody facility, on June 30.

He appeared in court in Prince Albert, Sask., on July 17.

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