and you know the governor has his own investigation as well into how these two men escaped. i just want to mention one more thing. within the last hour the new york times has reported two investigators talking to sweat, sweat has told them on the night before they escaped, they had a dry run. thomas? wow. this is very compelling information. also, i understand joyce mitchell is putting out a statement. right. she s still in jail but through her attorney she says joyce is happy. the manhunt ended and no one was hurt. that is what she s been praying for. and her prayers were answered. thomas? adam riess reporting for us. developing right now, california governor jerry brown just signed a con troers shul new bill into law making vaccines mandatory in his state. the law requires all public school children to be vaccinated, unvaccinated kids would need to be home-schooled. the bill was produced after an out outbreak of measles at addition any land. california joins mississippi and
found the right snack [ female announcer ] fiber one. breaking news developments in the investigation into the new york prison break. we ve got 12 employees at the clinton correctional facility placed onned a my straightive leave. it s part of the investigation the into this month ses squap by matt and sweat. meanwhile, sweat is spilling the beans on their original escape plan. his condition has been upgraded to fair now. new york governor andrew cuomo says that matt and sweat planned to head to mexico with joyce mitchell as their getaway driver and that changed when mitchell did not show up. adam riess is tracking this story for us. explain to all of us about what we know these prison guard individuals or employees that have been found to be involved. what have we got? sure thomas. now that the manhunt is over, heads are starting to roll here at the clinton correctional
facility. three members of the administrative team leader team, executive team including the superintendent have been put on administrative leave as well as nine members of this security staff. in the meantime they ll bring in a new team to run the jail. this comes after months prior to the escape we learned that bedtime rituals had changed. they weren t shining lights inside the cells anymore because the inpates were complaining that the light they couldn t sleep with lights being shined on them. they were allowed to pull blankets over their heads because they said that it was just so cold at night. and we learned after the escape that two of the towers here were unmanned on the night of the escape. one prison official has told nbc news that the block party it was like a block party on that honor block where matt and sweat lived, they were able to make their own meals, wear civilian clothing, listen to music, watch tv. now, this comes after the fbi announced their own investigatio
reiss. why were the people put on add administrateive leave? reporter: shocked prison officials all the way to albany where the governor s office is breached of protocol absolutely amazing from joyce mitchell allegedly having a sexual relationship with one or both of the escapees a prison guard, gene palmer exchanging tools for art, allowing them to access to an electrical box. allowing david sweat access to the catwalk. we learned that some of the bedtime rituals had been curtailed. they weren t shining lights in the cells anymore because the inmates said they couldn t sleep with the lights on. they were allowed to pull blan kets over the heads because they said they were too cold. we learned from one prison official told nbc news that the honor block where sweat and matt lived was like a block party. dancing, watching tv allowed to wear civilian clothes. they were allowed to cook their own meals on hot plates.