Police arrest two sex offenders
Two sex offenders under supervision orders have been captured by police after 12 hours on the run from a corrections facility in Ararat in Country Victoria.
The men walked out of Corella Place, near Ararat Prison, late on Wednesday night.
After a police search the pair were arrested at nearby Buangor on Thursday afternoon.
Victoria Police acting Commander Neil Paterson said both men had extensive criminal histories of violence and sexual offences.
The alarm was raised about 11.30pm (AEST) on Wednesday.
The two men both served sentences for sexual offences, but were under court supervision orders which dictated they live at the facility and adhere to a curfew.
Corrections Victoria Commissioner Jan Shuard said Corella Place was designed to ensure authorities could monitor sexual offenders upon their release from prison.
"This is not a secure facility. It is not a prison. They are not contained at this facility," she told reporters in Melbourne on Thursday.
"They are electronically monitored, supervised by staff and accounted for."
Last month, Corrections Minister Edward O'Donohue announced residents at the facility would be made to wear upgraded GPS devices, to be rolled out from July this year.
The men were wearing radio anklets that informed authorities they had left the grounds of Corella Place.
Offenders who breach their supervision orders face a maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment.
