A woman who allegedly harboured an escapee who fled a Glen Innes correctional centre last year has been arrested and charged by Robbery and Serious Crime Squad detectives.

Two prisoners escaped from the minimum security facility on Tuesday 27 October 2015 with one of the men detained by a correctional officer the following day.

Detectives from State Crime Command’s Robbery and Serious Crime Squad and Mid North Coast Local Area Command established Strike Force Mirool to investigate the activities of the second man, now 34, who was arrested in Newcastle last month (Thursday 14 January 2016).

Following further inquiries, detectives arrested a 33-year-old woman on Monday 15 February 2016.

Police will allege the woman harboured the escapee at her Raymond Terrace Home for a period of up to six weeks prior to his arrest.

She was charged with harbouring an escapee and has been granted conditional bail to appear at Newcastle Local Court on Thursday 10 March 2016.