Clinton Correctional Facility

• How two convicted killers escaped from a New York prison

  As convicted murderers David Sweat and Richard Matt dug away at the walls inside the Clinton Correctional Facility in New York just over a year ago, they thought about Andy Dufresne, the main character in the famed prison escape film “The Shawshank Redemption.”

  World

  Jun 8, 2016
  
• Prison worker who helped 2 killers escape gets up to 7 years behind bars

  A former New York prison worker who helped two murderers escape from a maximum-security lockup has been sentenced to up to seven years behind bars.

  World

  Sep 28, 2015
  
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• Woman who helped 2 killers escape from New York prison says she was depressed

  The former New York prison employee who helped two killers escape from a maximum-security prison said in an interview that she was depressed at the time and the inmates took advantage of her "weakness."

  Crime

  Sep 14, 2015
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• U.S. prison worker pleads guilty in escape of 2 killers

  A U.S. prison worker pleaded guilty Tuesday to smuggling hacksaw blades in frozen hamburger meat to two killers who later broke out and spent more than two weeks on the run.

  World

  Jul 28, 2015
• Prison chief, 11 others put on leave in aftermath of 2 escaped killers

  Twelve more staffers at the New York prison where two killers escaped three weeks ago have been put on administrative leave, including the prison's superintendent and his deputy in charge of security, officials said Tuesday.

  World

  Jun 30, 2015
• Guard who gave meat to 2 New York inmates arrested after their escape

  A maximum-security prison guard who delivered frozen meat with tools hidden inside to two inmates before they escaped will be arraigned on charges of promoting prison contraband and other offences.

  Jun 24, 2015
• DNA miles from prison linked to escaped New York inmates

  DNA found just miles from a maximum-security prison is linked to the convicted murderers who escaped more than two weeks ago, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, as searchers using dogs and helicopters on Tuesday continued to focus intensely on a heavily wooded area in far northern New York.

  World

  Jun 23, 2015
• Items recovered from remote N.Y. cabin might be linked to escaped killer: police

  State police moved their manhunt for two convicted murderers to an area west of the New York prison from which they boldly escaped more than two weeks ago, as officers began probing the sighting.

  Jun 22, 2015
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• Manhunt for escaped N.Y. killers shifts after possible sighting near Pennsylvania

  Investigators tracking two murder convicts who escaped from a northern New York prison scoured a rural area Sunday near the Pennsylvania border after possible sightings shifted the search across the state.

  Jun 20, 2015
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• Across US, over 220 prison escapees listed as on the loose

  There are more than 220 prison escapees across the U.S. who are listed as on the loose, The Associated Press found in a coast-to-coast survey.

  Jun 19, 2015