Two inmates recaptured after brief escape: CSC

The entrance to Beaver Creek Institution in Gravenhurst, Ont., on Thurs., Feb. 20, 2025 (CTV News/Mike Lang)

Two inmates were recaptured after their brief reported escape from Beaver Creek Institution in Gravenhurst Sunday afternoon.

According to The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), staff members in the minimum-security unit noted that Rodney Cobb and Jeffry Parker were not accounted for during a 1:45 p.m. count.

The CSC say they immediately contacted OPP and issued a warrant for the pair’s arrests.

The CSC confirmed that they were then apprehended by police nearly an hour later.

The circumstances of the incident will be investigated by the CSC.