Keiston Custer escaped from Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert. (Image Credit: Submitted/RCMP)

By paNOW Staff

On the run

Prince Albert RCMP on the lookout for escaped inmate from Sask. Penitentiary

Feb 23, 2026 | 5:29 PM

Keiston Custer has escaped from Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert.

The Correctional Service of Canada reported the escape on its Facebook page and said more information was to come from Prince Albert RCMP.

Custer, originally from Sturgeon lake First Nation, received a 12-year prison sentence for manslaughter in January of 2023.

He was charged in connection to the death of Norman Charles Custer who was shot in the back in May 2021 in the 900 block of 17th St. W.

Custer was initially charged with second degree murder, but entered a guilty plea to the lesser offence. He is also one of five men charged after a prison riot in January, 2021, at the Prince Albert Correctional Centre that resulted in roughly $500,000 in damages.

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