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David Sweat And Richard Matt: Investigation Into How Inmates Escaped Reveals Unsettling Security Lapses

David Sweat And Richard Matt: Investigation Into How Inmates Escaped Reveals Unsettling Security Lapses

Convicted murderers David Sweat and Richard W. Matt escaped from a maximum security prison in New York due in part to the inattention of correctional officer Ronald Blair. According to reports, the men had been watching Blair for months, noting his work schedule and the fact that he rarely, if ever, made late-night rounds. In […]

7y ago

Joyce Mitchell: Prison Worker Who Helped Murderers Escape Sentenced To Seven Years

Joyce Mitchell: Prison Worker Who Helped Murderers Escape Sentenced To Seven Years

Joyce Mitchell, the prison worker who this summer helped two convicted murderers escape from an upstate New York prison, was sentenced Monday to up to seven years for her role in the escape, NBC News is reporting. Appearing before Clinton County (New York) Court Judge Kevin Ryan for her sentencing, a tearful Mitchell, 51, begged […]

8y ago

Joyce Mitchell: Prison Employee Who Helped Murders Escape Pleads Guilty

Joyce Mitchell: Prison Employee Who Helped Murders Escape Pleads Guilty

Joyce Mitchell, the prison employee who helped convicted killers David Sweat and Richard Matt escape Clinton Correctional Facility, has pleaded guilty. According to Reuters, Joyce Mitchell is accepting the consequences of participating in the escape. She faces a maximum of seven years in prison for one felony count and one misdemeanor charge. Joyce Mitchell struck […]

8y ago

David Sweat: Inmate Left Cell Almost Nightly For Six Months Before Prison Escape

David Sweat: Inmate Left Cell Almost Nightly For Six Months Before Prison Escape

David Sweat escaped from his prison cell almost every night in order to dig his way out of the Clinton Correctional Facility in New York. According to the New York Daily News, David Sweat would wait until the guards fell asleep before sneaking out of his cell through a hole he had cut. He and […]

8y ago

David Sweat Moved To New Prison: No More ‘Honor Block’ For New York Prison Escapee

David Sweat Moved To New Prison: No More ‘Honor Block’ For New York Prison Escapee

New York prison escapee David Sweat is back in prison after being released from Albany Medical Center on Sunday. Almost one month after Sweat and his now-deceased partner in crime, Richard Matt, escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, the convicted murderer is now locked up at the Five Points Correctional Facility in Romulus, […]

8y ago

David Sweat Weaving Tall Tales Of Escape With Richard Matt — And Police Are Done Listening

David Sweat Weaving Tall Tales Of Escape With Richard Matt — And Police Are Done Listening

David Sweat alluded police for three weeks — two days longer than his accomplice Richard Matt — in the thick woods of the Adirondacks, at one point perching in a hunter’s tree stand while he watched officers search beneath him. At least, that’s the tale he’s told authorities. They’ve spent a couple days interviewing David […]

8y ago

Twelve Clinton Prison Workers Placed On Leave As Heroin Ring, Corruption Probed By FBI, State

Twelve Clinton Prison Workers Placed On Leave As Heroin Ring, Corruption Probed By FBI, State

Richard Matt and David Sweat’s daring prison break may have failed, but the drama is only just beginning over at Clinton Correctional Facility. Twelve prison workers have been placed on leave — including the superintendent — as the FBI investigates corruption at the maximum security facility. This news comes as Sweat continues to tell tales […]

8y ago

David Sweat: Escaped Prisoner Opens Up About Ditching Richard Matt

David Sweat: Escaped Prisoner Opens Up About Ditching Richard Matt

Escaped inmate David Sweat is in serious medical condition after law enforcement shot him in the torso while he tried to evade capture. Yet, the convict is opening up about former inmate Richard Matt, who he left behind a few days before being captured. People reports that Sweat, 35, who was captured a little over […]

8y ago

Richard Matt Drunk? Report Says Escaped Prisoner’s Corpse ‘Reeked Of Alcohol’

Richard Matt Drunk? Report Says Escaped Prisoner’s Corpse ‘Reeked Of Alcohol’

As the story on convicted killers and prison escapees David Sweat and Richard Matt continues to unfold, new reports are painting a picture of Matt’s last days. Police officials say he was likely sick and quite miserable. And also drunk. On Wednesday night, two days before Richard Matt would ultimately be found and killed, police […]

8y ago

Meet The Local Hero Who Shot Escapee David Sweat As He Sprinted For Canadian Border

Meet The Local Hero Who Shot Escapee David Sweat As He Sprinted For Canadian Border

It only took one extremely brave New York State Trooper to take down fugitive David Sweat. The Canadian border was never so close, yet so far away as local Sgt. Jay Cook shot him twice in the torso, ending a three-week saga in rural Northern New York. The story came to an end one quiet, […]

8y ago

Clinton Correctional Facility: Over-The-Wall Transfer Of Possible Contraband Has Public Concerned [Video]

Clinton Correctional Facility: Over-The-Wall Transfer Of Possible Contraband Has Public Concerned [Video]

The Clinton Correctional Facility has been in the news a lot lately since convicted murders Richard Matt and David Sweat escaped from prison a few weeks ago. It was during one news report, however, that this prison was put on the map for another reason. According to NPR, some folks tuning in to a Fox […]

8y ago

David Sweat Shot And Captured Alive: What Brought 3 Week Manhunt To An End? [Video]

David Sweat Shot And Captured Alive: What Brought 3 Week Manhunt To An End? [Video]

New York prison escapee David Sweat was shot and captured, bringing to an end an intense three-week manhunt. The 35-year-old was taken into police custody nearly two miles from the Canadian border. Earlier reports suggested he and 49-year-old Richard Matt were near Pennsylvania — about 200 miles from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. […]

8y ago

Escaped Fugitive Richard Matt Shot And Killed: Police Still Looking For Accomplice [Video]

Escaped Fugitive Richard Matt Shot And Killed: Police Still Looking For Accomplice [Video]

Prison fugitive Richard Matt, who escaped from New York prison Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora on June 6, was shot and killed by law enforcement officers Friday. He was shot in a heavily wooded area in northwest New York state. Police still don’t know where his accomplice is located. New York escapee Richard Matt, right, […]

8y ago

David Sweat: Escaped Inmate Still On The Loose

David Sweat: Escaped Inmate Still On The Loose

Despite recent speculations that David Sweat was killed during a battle with authorities, the escaped inmate still remains on the loose after fellow escaped inmate, Richard Matt, was fatally shot on Friday New York State Police Superintendent Joseph D’Amico stated on Friday evening that Sweat, 35, remains on the run. However, authorities think that he’s […]

8y ago

David Sweat Killed? Reports Indicate Police In Gun Battle With Escaped Inmate After Richard Matt Killed

David Sweat Killed? Reports Indicate Police In Gun Battle With Escaped Inmate After Richard Matt Killed

Escaped inmate David Sweat may have been killed after reports indicate that he got into a gun battle with police not long after fellow escapee Richard Matt was also shot and killed. The pair had escaped from a maximum security prison in the northern part of New York earlier this month, not far from the […]

8y ago

David Sweat Search Concentrated 30 Miles From Clinton Correctional Facility

David Sweat Search Concentrated 30 Miles From Clinton Correctional Facility

One of two dangerous escaped convicts, David Sweat, remains on the loose in upstate New York following a breakout from Clinton Correctional Facility three weeks ago. Following the fatal shooting of Sweat’s partner in crime Richard Matt, the search has intensified, covering a wooded area 30 miles from the facility in which both men were […]

8y ago

New York Escapee, Richard Matt, Shot And Killed By Law Enforcement

New York Escapee, Richard Matt, Shot And Killed By Law Enforcement

Escaped prisoner and murderer Richard Matt was shot and seriously wounded by law enforcement, knowledgable sources told The Daily Beast. Since this story first broke, Matt has been pronounced dead. One of two escaped prisoners, Matt was shot near Lake Titus, New York. This area is one that has been heavily searched by law enforcement […]

8y ago

Lyle Mitchell Still Loves His Wife Despite Role In Prison Break, But Unsure He’ll Stick Beside Her

Lyle Mitchell Still Loves His Wife Despite Role In Prison Break, But Unsure He’ll Stick Beside Her

At the heart of the prison break that has transfixed the nation’s attention is a human story. That story is one of heartbreak and betrayal, and a husband — Lyle Mitchell — stunned by his wife’s alleged involvement. Richard Matt and David Sweat now run free through the thick wilderness of northern New York, evading […]

8y ago

New York Escaped Prisoners Update: Police Urge Campers To Take Extreme Caution

New York Escaped Prisoners Update: Police Urge Campers To Take Extreme Caution

Authorities discovered items in a cabin this weekend near Owl’s Head, New York, which may be linked to escaped prisoners Richard Matt and David Sweat. Police are urging all campers in the area to take extreme caution. Today, Major Charles Guess of the New York State Police released a statement indicating that a cabin owner […]

8y ago

New York Escaped Prisoners Update: Mom Of 5 Shares Details Of Spotting Escapees

New York Escaped Prisoners Update: Mom Of 5 Shares Details Of Spotting Escapees

As police continue to search for the New York escaped prisoners in a strong “hot spot,” a tipster, stay-at-home mom Brandy Thompson, reveals that she saw two suspicious men near her home, which may have resulted in massive amounts of police swarming the area of Friendship, New York. New York Daily News reports that Thompson […]

8y ago

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