A prisoner escaped from the Sevontein Correctional Centre in the Pietermaritzburg district on Thursday.
Thulani Gcaleka is serving a life sentence for attempted murder, rape, attempted rape, robbery and housebreaking with the intent to commit an offence.
A preliminary report indicates the offender was part of a cleaning work team assigned to duties at the prison farm at the time of the escape, said department spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo.
