Charlottetown Police confirm that an 18-year old man from Cornwall briefly escaped custody on Monday.
Charlottetown Police were transporting the man to the Provincial Correctional Centre in Sleepy Hollow, and when they took him out of the vehicle he fled on foot through the woods at the rear of the jail.
The RCMP K-9 unit was brought in and police later apprehended the man.
The man, who had prevuiously been arrested for assault, was arrested again for escaping lawful custody.