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Interrogations with Sweat after his capture revealed he and Matt practiced their escape once in the prison and were nearly found on two occasions during the manhunt. During the first instance, he and Matt were hiding in a cabin when three people arrived to check on it, debated whether they should stay or leave, and then left. On the second instance, Sweat was hiding in a hunting tree stand that was passed by a police officer. Sweat also claimed he and Matt separated on June 23 after Matt became unfocused and was "slowing him down". An autopsy of Matt was released on August 6, which verified his cause of death as skull fractures and brain damage from being shot. It also revealed he had a blood alcohol level of 0.18%.
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prison wall. The inmates had tunneled out of the facility. Matt and Sweat had been housed in Honor Block, a privileged housing unit that allowed them access to cooking stations, televisions, wall-mounted telephones, showers, and card tables in the cell house at specified intervals during the day. According to news reports, the escapees used tools from contractors to cut their escape tunnel during the nights and returned them to their toolboxes afterwards.
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of 20 individual correctional employees, both civilian and uniformed. Other than Palmer and Mitchell, no criminal charges were brought against any prison employee. One was demoted, two were suspended pending arbitration, nine returned to work after lesser penalties were applied, and the remainder retired or resigned before being punished. The report was highly critical of a lack of cooperation, and misleading and lying testimony by prison employees.
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felt guilty for participating." The report also noted that the manholes used by the two inmates had since been welded shut. "Ms. Mitchell was Plan A and there was no Plan B, which is why authorities have now been concentrating their search to a perimeter around the maximum security prison," Wylie said. According to the Associated Press, Mitchell waived a preliminary hearing, allowing the case to immediately proceed in county court.
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referred to her husband, Lyle, as the "glitch" and planned to kill him after the escape. Matt reportedly gave Mitchell two pills to give Lyle to incapacitate him to facilitate the murder. Reportedly, she later decided not to go through with Matt's plan and threw away the two pills out of sentiment for her husband. Authorities did not believe Mitchell's husband knew of or participated in the breakout. According to the
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The Inspector General's report was released in June 2016 and found "that longstanding, systemic failures in management and oversight by DOCCS enabled two convicted murderers to meticulously orchestrate their escape from a maximum security facility almost in plain sight." The report noted the failures
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On June 17, it was revealed that Mitchell, who had been suspended without pay from the $ 57,000-a-year position she held, had discussed having her husband, Lyle, killed in a potential murder-for-hire deal with Matt, whom she had been close to, and Sweat. According to Joyce Mitchell's confession, Matt
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was closed until further notice on June 11. School classes were canceled in Dannemora and Saranac. Later that day, the number of officers present in the area near the prison was increased to more than 500, from the initial estimate of between 300 and 400. That afternoon and evening, after bloodhounds
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reported Mitchell had confirmed providing Matt and Sweat with hacksaw blades, chisels, and other tools. According to Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie, who oversaw the prosecution of Mitchell, "he had agreed to be the getaway driver, but backed out because she still loved her husband and
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directed Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott to conduct a thorough investigation to determine all factors potentially involved in the escape of inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat from Clinton Correctional Facility. At the governor's instruction, the Inspector General was to secure the services
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On June 12, the seventh day of the search, there were still no confirmed sightings of the escapees. Later that day, prison worker Joyce Mitchell was arrested and charged with aiding the escapees. On June 13, the search included helicopters, all-terrain vehicles, and search dogs. However, bad weather
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sheriff's deputy, while transferring the stolen firearms in a parking lot from one vehicle to another. Sweat opened fire on Tarsia, hitting him multiple times, before running over him with a car. As he was still alive, Nabinger shot Tarsia two more times in the face, killing him. The three men were
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Joyce Mitchell, defended by a Clinton County public defender, pleaded guilty to promoting prison contraband and criminal facilitation. She was sentenced to two-and-a-third to seven years in prison, fined $ 6,375, and ordered to pay $ 79,841 in restitution. Mitchell was granted parole and released
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Sweat pleaded guilty to two felony counts of first-degree escape and an additional count of promoting prison contraband. He was sentenced to three-and-a-half to seven years, to be served consecutively with his previous life sentence. He was further ordered to pay $ 79,841 in restitution. In March
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On June 28, New York State Trooper Sgt. Jay Cook passed Sweat as he walked along the road. As Cook circled back to question him, Sweat began running across a hay field towards a tree line. Cook, a firearms instructor, gave chase and when it became evident that Sweat might escape, fired two rounds
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On June 6, 2015, Matt and Sweat were determined to be unaccounted for during the 5:30 a.m. morning count, having been last seen at the 10:30 p.m. count the previous night. It was reported that an "external breach" was found on a street approximately 500 feet (150 m) outside of the
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Police received several tips during the last few days of the manhunt. They also deduced that Matt had fallen ill due to consuming spoiled food or dirty water, based on soiled undergarments discovered at one of the cabins the duo had broken into. Further investigation led to police finding Matt.
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appeared to have been broken into. DNA from the inmates was found in the cabin, and investigators concluded that they had been there within the previous 24 hours. In the days after the escape, some prisoners reported having been beaten by guards in an attempt to obtain information as to the
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Authorities found that the two had planned to be picked up by a prison employee, Joyce Mitchell; however, according to a relative, Mitchell developed chest pains and was hospitalized. A second employee, prison guard Gene Palmer, was also charged with aiding the escape. Palmer admitted to
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working with prison officials. A $ 50,000 bounty was set for each inmate by Cuomo and was subsequently increased to $ 75,000 when the U.S. Marshals added $ 25,000 for each escapee. There were no reports of break-ins, robberies, or homicides, but there were two reported sightings.
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of a respected outside expert in corrections and law enforcement on issues such as prison design, operations and security with a view toward identifying how these inmates were able to escape, and recommend any potential reforms and best practices to prevent future incidents.
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on June 26 after he shot at the driver of a passing recreational vehicle with a 20-gauge shotgun taken from a hunting camp. In the ensuing confrontation, he was shot and killed by three gunshot wounds to the head by U.S. Border Patrol Supervisory Agent and former
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barracks in Malone, New York, the next day, to speak with authorities. The search then expanded to an area beyond the 16 square miles around the prison that was being searched. Some roadblocks were lifted and the force reduced from over 800 to about 600.
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Gene Palmer pleaded guilty to promoting prison contraband, a felony, and was sentenced to 6 months in jail and fined $ 5,375. He served four months and was released for good behavior.
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and used the pipe to escape from the prison into the city sewer, with tools obtained from two cooperating prison employees. Nearly three weeks after the escape, Matt was found in
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as Mitchell. Mitchell criticized the mini-series, which includes several prison sex scenes, for containing "lies" and denied having sexual relations with the two inmates.
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A note was left behind on the pipe the two escapees had cut to escape, reading, "Have a nice day," with a stereotypical "Asian smiley face" wearing a triangular rice hat.
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had also been searched, and billboards asking for help were put up in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and along the Canada–U.S. border.
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picked up a scent and authorities discovered a footprint and a wrapper, police began methodically searching, until nightfall, a wooded area near the nearby town of
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by his single mother, Pamela Sweat, along with his two sisters. Sweat had a troubled childhood characterized by violent tendencies. After being sent to
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Authorities spent June 9 and 10 retracing their steps near Dannemora after searching Willsboro, and also expanded the search to the border with
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and back for approximately twenty-seven hours with Rickerson in the trunk of the car, periodically stopping to open the trunk to beat and
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aired an episode called "Nationwide Manhunt" that reflected and referenced the events that transpired with the Clinton Facility Escape.
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from his .45-caliber Glock 37 pistol, hitting Sweat twice in his right shoulder and left arm at a range of 73 yards (67 m), near
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In the early morning hours of July 4, 2002, Sweat, Nabinger and a third accomplice, Shawn Devaul, burglarized a fireworks store in
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On December 3, 1997, Matt and an accomplice named Lee Bates kidnapped William Rickerson, Matt's former boss, from his home in
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back to the U.S. to face trial for Rickerson's murder, where Bates testified against him, and Matt received a 25-years to
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him. Matt demanded to know the location of a large sum of money he believed Rickerson possessed. He and Bates drove to
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investigators that he smuggled tools into the prison and did other favors for Richard Matt in exchange for paintings.
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On the morning of June 16, Mitchell confessed to her involvement with the prisoners still eluding capture. The
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and David Sweat, were discovered missing during a 5:17 a.m. bed check at the maximum security
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covers the area) were all involved in the search, which was being led by the local police and the
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The escape was elaborate and has been compared to the escape made in the novella and film
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In 2018, the story of the escape was adapted into a seven-part television miniseries for
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conditions, including rain, hampered search efforts. On June 20, the search continued in
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New York State Inspector General report on the 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape
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arrested a few days later. During the trial, Sweat and Nabinger both pled guilty to
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to be raised by an uncle, he stole and wrecked his aunt's car and soon went into
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in his early teens, Matt had a history of escaping from correctional facilities.
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Richard William Matt (June 25, 1966 – June 26, 2015) was born and raised in
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their victim. Matt eventually killed Rickerson by breaking his neck before
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took a walking tour of the facility with publicity cameras present.
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Katersky, Aaron; Margolin, Josh; Shapiro, Emily (22 June 2015).
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Joyce Mitchell pleaded guilty and sentenced to 7 years in prison
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starred as Joyce Mitchell, with Matt played by Myk Watford and
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Krieg, Felicia; Clermont, Lois; LoTemplio, Joe (2015-06-11).
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and investigation were said to have cost about $ 23 million.
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Authorities searched the farms and fields around the town of
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Botelho, Greg; Prokupecz, Shimon; Yan, Holly (9 June 2015).
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Sanchez, Ray; Botelho, Greg; Karimi, Faith (12 June 2015).
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The escape was the subject of a television movie in 2017,
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Kaye, Randi; Almasy, Steve; Botelho, Greg (2015-06-11).
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David Paul Sweat (born June 14, 1980) was raised in the
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New York Prison Break: The Seduction of Joyce Mitchell.
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in western New York based on a sighting in the town of
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Schwirtz, Michael; Winerip, Michael (12 August 2015).
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Esposito, Richard; Fieldstadt, Elisha (11 June 2015).
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Chris Voss in the wilderness of Owl's Head, south of
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Winerip, Michael; Schwirtz, Michael (23 June 2016).
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McKinley, Jesse; Rashbaum, William K. (2015-06-11).
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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