The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) says a prisoner who went missing from Stony Mountain Institution is back in police custody.

Ringo (Dylan) Carpenter, 28, was missing during Wednesday's prisoner count at 7:30 a.m. CT.

He has been serving an eight-year sentence for manslaughter.

In a tweet Wednesday afternoon, the CSC said Carpenter was apprehended by the Winnipeg Police Service at approximately 1 p.m.

The CSC is conducting an investigation into the circumstances of the escape from Stony Mountain's minimum security unit. The prison is about 23 kilometres north of Winnipeg.

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