Employee taken hostage at Cowansville Penitentiary

A staff worker at Quebec’s Cowansville penitentiary was taken hostage by an inmate. After a nine hour hostage crisis the employee was set free. There were no obvious injuries.

No word as of yet on who the employee or inmate are. And the penitentiary has not told the public if they know of a motive behind the abduction.

The penitentiary is just southeast of Montreal. The Sureté de Quebec is investigating the incident.