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Two in custody after prison escape - Broken Hill

Monday, 10 March 2025 02:23:08 PM

A man who escaped from a Broken Hill correctional facility – and a woman in his company – have been arrested.

Officers attached to Barrier Police District were investigating the whereabouts of two men – aged 23 and 28 – after they escaped from a correctional facility about 9.40pm yesterday (Sunday 9 March 2025).

About 11.30am today (Monday 10 March 2025), police arrested the younger man and a 31-year-old woman.

They have been taken to Dareton Police Station.

Inquiries are continuing into the whereabouts of the second escapee.