"I am concerned about the length of time it took to notify the public about this escape," said Darryl Hickie, Saskatchewan's Minister of Corrections, Public Safety and Policing.

"These people are considered dangerous and could possibly be armed so we are asking the public, please do not approach them," said [Doug Coleman].

"This escape was from the middle portion (built in the 1960s), not the 1913 portion," said [Tammy Kirkland]. "I'm unable to comment at this time if infrastructure had anything to do with the escape."