OTTAWA: As hundreds of officers continue to comb through New York, Vermont, and Canada nearly a week into the manhunt for escaped prisoners David Sweat and Richard Matt, the prison employee under investigation for assisting their escape, Joyce Mitchell, has finally broken her silence.
Ms. Mitchell, who oversaw the tailor shop at the Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York, has admitted to smuggling Mr. Matt and Mr. Sweat various contraband, Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie told media on Friday. Among the items were hacksaw blades, eyeglasses, and drill bits.
Mitchell did not, however, provide the inmates with the power tools they used to drill through the walls of their cells, Mr. Wylie said.
