POLICE have recaptured a second Wooroloo escapee after disabling the stolen car he was driving overnight.

Yesterday Beau James Punch, 30, threatened a young woman driver with a knife before stealing her blue Mitsubishi Magna.

He was arrested on Leach Highway in Riverton just before 9pm when police disabled the car using spikes or "stingers'' they had thrown onto the road in front of his car after a pursuit.

The tyres were punctured and he crashed the car.

Punch had been on the run for three days after he escaped from the prison sometime on Tuesday morning or afternoon.

He is due to appear in Midland Magistrate's court today.

Punch escaped alongside Gary Robert Woods who was arrested on Wednesday in bushland at Sawyers Valley by mounted police.

Woods has since been charged with aggravated burglary, stealing and escape legal custody.

He was due to appear in the Midland Magistrate’s Court yesterday to face those charges.

Police yesterday warned Punch, who they say is a "dangerous man", is also a known car thief and urged motorists to be vigilant.

He threatened a young woman with a knife outside her home in Sawyers Valley last night and stole her car.

That same car, a blue sedan, was involved in at least two pursuits overnight in Perth’s southern suburbs before he was apprehended.