anxious. we need an up braela of protection that includes not just the short term need, but the long-term needs that includes especially education. let me ask you about the distinction that you and i have been talking about for years about child refugees about the remarkable resilience that children have and the trauma that they can suffer and you tell me it s got something to do with how old they are if they re going through this refugee and escape process. right. it s not just age, ali. there are other things, as well, but generally speaking, for the very young children if their mom and like you said, a lot of the fathers are not with them because they re back fighting in ukraine, but if the mom is able to provide? level of routine and lots of physical contact and hugging and reassurance for the younger children the really younger
inspector general s office we need to coordinate each and every step to ensure that aspect of the investigation goes smoothly as well as our prosecution. is the escape itself from the prison under your jurisdiction if so do you anticipate anymore arrests? the escape is under my office s jurisdiction as far as it occurring here in clinton county. so yes, the clinton county district attorney s office is prosecuting david sweat as well as the underlying charges against joyce mitchell and gene palmer. we re working in a continued collaborative effort with the department of corrections, with the governor s office to conduct further investigations as to if any other individuals were involved in the escape process. that s one of the things that if we can speak with david sweat, if he s willing to speak with us we may learn more details
and one misdemeanor. last thursday clinton county district attorney said no other charges for other prison employees were on the horizon. at this point in time as i stand here i m not aware of any other individuals being under investigation relative to the matt and sweat escape. reporter: that all changed today. we are working in a continued collaborative effort with the department of corrections, with the governor s office to conduct further investigations as to if any other individuals were involved in the escape process. reporter: when palmer gave his original statement to the new york state police on june 20th he said that he never intentionally helped an escape plan at all. today after court, the d.a. said that today sweat, in talking with authorities, talked about palmer. he said he was not involved in the escape plan. it was only himself, richard matt and joyce mitchell.