Escapee broke through doors, fences

Police allege Shannon Klimczak was caught after a chase where his vehicle came to a stop after being bogged. Picture: Nine News Perth Source: Supplied

Brett Shannon Klimczak, who escaped from Acacia Prison in the early hours of this morning. Source: Supplied

TWO Serco guards at Acacia Prison have been suspended after an inmate today escaped by breaking through two locked doors and four barbed wire fences.

Medium security Acacia Prison tonight remained in lockdown as the Department of Corrective Services and private operator Serco investigate how 31-year-old prisoner, Brett Shannon Klimczak, managed to break free of his cell or unit, internal fencing, alarms and a perimeter fence.

Police caught the man about 9.30am this morning allegedly his second jailbreak in four years.

Klimczak allegedly escaped Acacia Prison, near Wooroloo, in the early hours of this morning.

Police will allege Klimczak was caught after a chase where his vehicle came to a stop after being bogged on Toodyay Road and Wilson Road in Jane Brook about 9.30am.

It will be further alleged the vehicle he was caught in was a Landcruiser stolen from a home on Great Southern Highway in Woottating this morning.

It was his second escape from a WA jail in four years.

A Serco spokesman tonight confirmed two of its staff had been suspended pending the investigation, which could take a couple of weeks.

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