EDMONTON—A convicted murderer has escaped a minimum-security prison this past week, becoming the fifth inmate from Buffalo Sage Wellness House to do so in the last two months.

On May 19, staff at the all-woman facility, run by Native Counselling Services of Alberta, observed Kecia Spade leave the downtown Edmonton property, according to a news release.

She’s described as 26 years old, 5-foot-3 and 150 lbs., with brown eyes and brown hair. She is serving a life sentence for second-degree murder.

The Correctional Service of Canada contacted Edmonton police and a warrant for her arrest has been issued. Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts is asked to contact police.

Four other women have escaped the facility in the past two months.

On March 18, according to a news release, two women were found to be missing when a count was done by staff just before 2 a.m.

Meagan Young, 30, and Beverly Bolin-Wohlgemuth, 29, were unaccounted for that night and warrants for their arrest were issued shortly after.

Young was serving a sentence of 10 years for charges including manslaughter.

Bolin-Wohlgemuth was serving a two-and-a-half-year prison term after being convicted of a number of charges, including possession of a controlled substance, obstructing an officer and motor-vehicle theft.

On April 23, Tara Hobson, 30, and Stacy Jack, 25, “were observed leaving the property,” a news release said.

Arrest warrants were issued for Hobson, who was serving a sentence of about six-and-a-half years for robbery with the use of a firearm and assault, among other charges, and for Jack, who was serving two years for a break-and-enter conviction.

According to the Correctional Service of Canada, Bolin-Wohlgemuth, Hobson and Young have all been rearrested.

The Correctional Service, the solicitor general and police were not immediately available for comment Monday.

The Native Counselling Services of Alberta’s website describes Buffalo Sage Wellness House as a 16-bed facility “that houses both federally sentenced minimum security Section 81 inmates and conditionally released offenders.”

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The facility seeks to “assist the women offenders in recognizing their full potential for reintegration back into the community.”

Buffalo Sage Wellness House offers programs to inmates based in Indigenous cultural practices and beliefs. It provides teaching on independent living, cultural and spiritual programs, and relationship training.

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