Police are asking anyone with information on the whereabouts of Donald Buchanan, who wasn’t accounted for at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary on Saturday night.
During the 9:30 p.m. count at the multi-level security federal institution, Buchanan was missing.
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“The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) immediately contacted the Prince Albert Police Service and the Prince Albert Detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and a warrant for the inmate’s arrest has been issued,” read the release from CSC.
Buchanan is 28-years-old, 6’2″ and weighs 166 lbs.
He has fair complextion, blue eyes, brown hair and multiple tattoos including a koi fish on his right arm, “Trans Canada” on his right wrist, a cross with a razor blade on his upper right arm and “YXE”, a plane and cartoon figure on his right hand.
He is currently serving a sentence of two years for posession of a substance for the purpose of trafficking, possession of property obtained by crime, posession of a weapon contrary to a prohibition order and posession of a prohibited weapon knowing it’s unauthorized.
“CSC will investigate the circumstances of this incident and is working with the police to locate the offender as quickly as possible,” it said.