Two murderers escape NY prison...1 is a cop killer
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More like the rest of his life...probably spend it in a Super Max or solitary.
Death would have been better...
All that planing....and this was the sum of their efforts.
Matt took 3 to the dome,and this guy 2 in the back.
After being torturing themselves in the woods for 3 weeks...
Hey they had a plan but that woman folded on them, once that happened they were out on their own.
Everybody in trouble...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- The superintendent at the northern New York prison where two killers escaped three weeks ago and his deputy in charge of security are among 12 more staff who have been put on administrative leave, officials said Tuesday.
A state official who has been briefed on the matter told The Associated Press that Clinton Correctional Facility Superintendent Steven Racette and Deputy Superintendent Stephen Brown are among those on leave. The official wasn't authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said the suspensions are part of the ongoing review of the June 6 escape by convicted murderers Richard Matt and David Sweat. Matt was killed Friday and Sweat wounded and captured Sunday.
The department did not identify the suspended staff. Assistant Commissioner James O'Gorman will oversee the facility temporarily.
Two other staffers - a corrections officer and civilian employee - had been put on leave earlier and now face criminal charges they helped the escapees.
The additional suspensions come as attention turns to a wide-ranging probe of conditions at the maximum-security prison in Dannemora, where Matt and Sweat used power tools to cut holes in their cells and a steam pipe on their way under the walls to a manhole outside.
Soon after the breakout, Gov. Andrew Cuomo told Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott to investigate factors that could have led to the escape.
The inspector general's investigation is separate from the criminal investigation. The inspector general can subpoena witnesses, examine them under oath and review state documents. Any criminal activity uncovered by the inspector general will be referred to prosecutors.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- The superintendent at the northern New York prison where two killers escaped three weeks ago and his deputy in charge of security are among 12 more staff who have been put on administrative leave, officials said Tuesday.
A state official who has been briefed on the matter told The Associated Press that Clinton Correctional Facility Superintendent Steven Racette and Deputy Superintendent Stephen Brown are among those on leave. The official wasn't authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said the suspensions are part of the ongoing review of the June 6 escape by convicted murderers Richard Matt and David Sweat. Matt was killed Friday and Sweat wounded and captured Sunday.
The department did not identify the suspended staff. Assistant Commissioner James O'Gorman will oversee the facility temporarily.
Two other staffers - a corrections officer and civilian employee - had been put on leave earlier and now face criminal charges they helped the escapees.
The additional suspensions come as attention turns to a wide-ranging probe of conditions at the maximum-security prison in Dannemora, where Matt and Sweat used power tools to cut holes in their cells and a steam pipe on their way under the walls to a manhole outside.
Soon after the breakout, Gov. Andrew Cuomo told Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott to investigate factors that could have led to the escape.
The inspector general's investigation is separate from the criminal investigation. The inspector general can subpoena witnesses, examine them under oath and review state documents. Any criminal activity uncovered by the inspector general will be referred to prosecutors.
Fool should have went out like his boy...
ROMULUS, N.Y. (AP) — The surviving escapee from a prison break and three-week manhunt will spend 23 hours a day in a maximum-security cell, much more confined than he and a fellow murder convict were in the prison from which they managed a getaway, officials said Sunday.
David Sweat, who was shot and wounded during his June 28 capture, was taken early Sunday from Albany Medical Center to the infirmary at the Five Points Correctional Facility in the central New York town of Romulus, the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said in a news release.
After at least 24 hours in the infirmary for a medical evaluation, he'll be among the up to 150 men held in its Special Housing Unit, where each prisoner sleeps, eats, washes and spends nearly all his time in a 105-square-foot cell with a bed, a writing platform, a toilet, a sink and a shower. The inmates generally are allowed out of their cells to exercise for an hour a day.
Sweat, 35, will be put on suicide watch, the corrections department noted.
ROMULUS, N.Y. (AP) — The surviving escapee from a prison break and three-week manhunt will spend 23 hours a day in a maximum-security cell, much more confined than he and a fellow murder convict were in the prison from which they managed a getaway, officials said Sunday.
David Sweat, who was shot and wounded during his June 28 capture, was taken early Sunday from Albany Medical Center to the infirmary at the Five Points Correctional Facility in the central New York town of Romulus, the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said in a news release.
After at least 24 hours in the infirmary for a medical evaluation, he'll be among the up to 150 men held in its Special Housing Unit, where each prisoner sleeps, eats, washes and spends nearly all his time in a 105-square-foot cell with a bed, a writing platform, a toilet, a sink and a shower. The inmates generally are allowed out of their cells to exercise for an hour a day.
Sweat, 35, will be put on suicide watch, the corrections department noted.
The ShawSkank pleads guilty...
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (AP) -- A prison worker who was "in over her head" with two inmates convicted of murder tearfully pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of aiding them by smuggling hacksaw blades and other tools to the pair, who broke out and spent three weeks on the run.
Joyce Mitchell, an instructor in the tailor shop at the Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York, wore shackles and prison stripes as she entered the pleas in a barely audible voice.
Afterward, her lawyer, Stephen Johnston, said she realizes she made a "horrible mistake" by getting involved with Richard Matt and David Sweat, who staged an elaborate escape from the maximum-security prison on June 6.
"She got in over her head into something that she never should have started. But she did, and she's paying the price now," Johnson told reporters outside court. "I think that to a certain extent, Matt got her to feeling good about herself, better than she had for a period of time, and she was swept off her feet a bit. ... And then when she realized who she was dealing with, everything changed."
Matt was shot and killed by searchers June 26, about 30 miles west of the prison. Sweat was captured near the Canadian border two days later and sent to another prison.
Mitchell, 51, faces a sentence of 2 1/3 to 7 years in prison under terms of a plea deal with prosecutors. Sentencing is set for Sept. 28. Johnston said his client will not be able to post the bail of $100,000 cash or $200,000 bond.
District Attorney Andrew Wylie said separate cases against Sweat and a Gene Palmer, a guard who investigators accuse of unwittingly helping the two inmates, are expected to go before a grand jury next month.
"At this time, there are no other individuals who have been identified through the investigation as being involved directly or indirectly" with the June 6 escape, Wylie said.
Prosecutors say Mitchell provided hacksaw blades, chisels, a punch tool and a screwdriver to Matt on May 1. Authorities say she became close with the pair and agreed to be their getaway driver. But she backed out at the last moment, forcing the two to flee on foot after they emerged from a manhole near the prison.
Investigators also said Mitchell had discussed killing her husband, Lyle Mitchell, as part of the plot.
Lyle Mitchell was in court Tuesday and declined to speak with an Associated Press reporter.
Wylie said a grand jury could have considered other counts against Joyce Mitchell, including conspiracy to commit murder and sexual-related charges based on allegations involving the inmates. But he said he accepted pleas on two clearly provable charges - first-degree promoting prison contraband, a felony, and fourth-degree criminal facilitation, a misdemeanor- "in the interest of justice."
The deal requires Mitchell to cooperate with a probe by the state inspector general.
Authorities said Joyce Mitchell smuggled the tools into the prison by hiding them in frozen meat she placed in a refrigerator in the tailor shop. They said Palmer then took the meat to Sweat and Matt, who were housed in a section where inmates are allowed to cook their meals.
Authorities do not believe Palmer knew of the escape plan. He was released on bail after being arrested on charges including promoting prison contraband.
Mitchell, who was arrested June 12, resigned from her job but remains eligible for a pension, corrections officials said.
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (AP) -- A prison worker who was "in over her head" with two inmates convicted of murder tearfully pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of aiding them by smuggling hacksaw blades and other tools to the pair, who broke out and spent three weeks on the run.
Joyce Mitchell, an instructor in the tailor shop at the Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York, wore shackles and prison stripes as she entered the pleas in a barely audible voice.
Afterward, her lawyer, Stephen Johnston, said she realizes she made a "horrible mistake" by getting involved with Richard Matt and David Sweat, who staged an elaborate escape from the maximum-security prison on June 6.
"She got in over her head into something that she never should have started. But she did, and she's paying the price now," Johnson told reporters outside court. "I think that to a certain extent, Matt got her to feeling good about herself, better than she had for a period of time, and she was swept off her feet a bit. ... And then when she realized who she was dealing with, everything changed."
Matt was shot and killed by searchers June 26, about 30 miles west of the prison. Sweat was captured near the Canadian border two days later and sent to another prison.
Mitchell, 51, faces a sentence of 2 1/3 to 7 years in prison under terms of a plea deal with prosecutors. Sentencing is set for Sept. 28. Johnston said his client will not be able to post the bail of $100,000 cash or $200,000 bond.
District Attorney Andrew Wylie said separate cases against Sweat and a Gene Palmer, a guard who investigators accuse of unwittingly helping the two inmates, are expected to go before a grand jury next month.
"At this time, there are no other individuals who have been identified through the investigation as being involved directly or indirectly" with the June 6 escape, Wylie said.
Prosecutors say Mitchell provided hacksaw blades, chisels, a punch tool and a screwdriver to Matt on May 1. Authorities say she became close with the pair and agreed to be their getaway driver. But she backed out at the last moment, forcing the two to flee on foot after they emerged from a manhole near the prison.
Investigators also said Mitchell had discussed killing her husband, Lyle Mitchell, as part of the plot.
Lyle Mitchell was in court Tuesday and declined to speak with an Associated Press reporter.
Wylie said a grand jury could have considered other counts against Joyce Mitchell, including conspiracy to commit murder and sexual-related charges based on allegations involving the inmates. But he said he accepted pleas on two clearly provable charges - first-degree promoting prison contraband, a felony, and fourth-degree criminal facilitation, a misdemeanor- "in the interest of justice."
The deal requires Mitchell to cooperate with a probe by the state inspector general.
Authorities said Joyce Mitchell smuggled the tools into the prison by hiding them in frozen meat she placed in a refrigerator in the tailor shop. They said Palmer then took the meat to Sweat and Matt, who were housed in a section where inmates are allowed to cook their meals.
Authorities do not believe Palmer knew of the escape plan. He was released on bail after being arrested on charges including promoting prison contraband.
Mitchell, who was arrested June 12, resigned from her job but remains eligible for a pension, corrections officials said.
Wtf... Brother Blues passed... Awww man...
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