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UPDATED: Escaped Inmate Arrested In Québec

**Updated at 10:24 p.m. Sunday, July 8**

An inmate who escaped from a jail in northwestern New Brunswick is back behind bars.

RCMP say Kevin Beaulieu was arrested by officers from the Sûreté du Québec in Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande, Québec, on Sunday.

According to police, 38-year-old jumped the fence at the Madawaska Regional Correctional Centre in Saint-Hilaire and took off on foot around 10:15 a.m. Saturday.

Officers searched the area and brought in a police dog but were unable to locate Beaulieu.

Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande is located about 35 kilometres from Saint-Hilaire.

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