Convicted prisoner Quincy Clarke, who escaped from the Lusignan Prison on Saturday morning was recaptured later in the day.
The police said that around 6.50 pm on Saturday, acting on information received, a party of policemen went to a house at Back Circle, East Ruimveldt where Clarke of Lot 35 West La Penitence was apprehended and taken to the Brickdam Police Station.
He was later uplifted by ranks from the Guyana Prison Service and returned to custody.