The prisoner who escaped from a Palmerston North Hospital is back in police custody.
Corrections and police were working together to locate a prisoner who escaped from a Palmerston North hospital.
He escaped at 10pm on Tuesday.
The man had been taken to hospital for assessment and treatment of a health condition when he slipped away from corrections staff.
Corrections say the man was in custody on charges of burglary and breaching his release conditions.
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He will likely be charged with escaping custody which carries a maximum sentence of five years.
Corrections are carrying out a full investigation into the circumstances which led to his escape.
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