prisoners escape

DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) — A prison employee being questioned about her suspected role in the escape of two murderers provided them with contraband before they broke out, a prosecutor said Friday. District Attorney Andrew Wylie would not specify the illegal items that Joyce Mitchell allegedly supplied, but said they weren’t the power tools that David […]

11:15 a.m. (EDT) Unions representing guards and civilian staff at the northern New York prison where two killers escaped say many have been questioned by investigators but none has been suspended, disciplined or charged with wrongdoing five days after the getaway was discovered. Among them is Joyce Mitchell, an industrial training supervisor at maximum-security Clinton […]