Inmate escapes from Willow Cree Healing Lodge

UPDATE: Inmate unlawfully at large caught by Saskatchewan RCMP

DUCK LAKE, Sask. – Correctional Service Canada (CSC) is looking for an escaped Saskatchewan prisoner. Talion Dillon, 22, failed to return to Willow Cree Healing Lodge on May 14 following an authorized temporary absence.

He is currently serving a two-and-half-year sentence for driving over .08, fleeing from police and driving while disqualified.

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Dillon is five-foot eleven, 212 pounds with a medium complexion, brown eyes and black hair. A picture was not available from the source.

CSC officials have been in contact with Onion Lake RCMP and a warrant has been issued for his arrest.

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Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Dillon is asked to contact their local police detachment.

Officials say an investigation will be launched to determine the circumstances of the escape.

Willow Cree Healing Lodge is a minimum security institution which promotes a healing process based on aboriginal culture.