Escapees from women’s prison in Edmonton recaptured in city’s downtown

Police say they have recaptured two inmates who escaped from the Edmonton Institution for Women on Monday night. (Photo by Tom Hart/Flickr, CC BY 2.0)

EDMONTON — Police say they have recaptured two inmates who escaped from the Edmonton Institution for Women on Monday night.

Prison officials say Kelsie Laine Marie Mast, who is 23, and Samantha Faye Toope, who is 20, jumped a fence on the east side of the prison.

Police had warned both women are violent with a history of weapons offences and should not be approached.

They were spotted downtown on Tuesday night by a member of the public who called police.

Patrol members located the women walking down the street.