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Police still searching for escaped inmate from Saskatoon correctional centre

Sep 27, 2016 | 10:47 AM

Police remain on the lookout for an inmate who escaped secured custody over the weekend. 
 
Travis Clay Funk, 34, went missing from the Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre around 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

Drew Wilby, a spokesperson with the Ministry of Justice,  said the inmate was in the exercise yard when he got out.

Funk was on remand for non-violent crimes, including fraud and weapons-related offences, and is not a high risk to the public.

Police are stilling warning people not to approach Funk on their own.