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WINNIPEG – Correctional Service of Canada says a woman serving a life sentence for second-degree murder escaped a minimum-security facility in Winnipeg by walking out the back door.
The federal agency says 42-year-old Joyce Kringuk was being housed at the Eagle Women’s Lodge in Winnipeg when she escaped Monday.
The correctional service says lodge staff immediately contacted Winnipeg police and a warrant for the inmate’s arrest was issued.
Kringuk is described as being four feet and nine inches tall and weighing 170 pounds, with a medium complexion, brown eyes and black hair, and scars on her lower back and the inside of her right bicep.
She also has several tattoos, including a heart on her left wrist, the name Joyce on her left shoulder, a heart with stars on her right wrist and the letters “JI” on her right forearm.
Eagle Women’s Lodge and the correctional service are investigating.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 27, 2022.
