convicted murderers richard matt and david sweat claim they were able to convince a prison worker joyce mitchell to do their biddle for thbi bidding for them and she is charged with helping them break out and is alleged to have had a sexual relationship with at least one of them, possibly both. it s a frighteningly familiar story. in baltimore it seem there is s a prison run by the inmates using sex as coercion. here s cnn s randi kaye. reporter: before a sweeping investigation into the baltimore city detention center, the inmates seemed to be running the place. a deadly gang called the black guerrilla family lorded over an empire of drugs and other contraband in the jail. all at the direction of their leader, inmate tavon white. tavon white is wiretapped as part of the investigation and there s a quote that s stood out where he says this is my jail. something along the lines of his word is law. reporter: who was white and
we now know prison escapee richard matt wrote his daughter before he and david sweat broke out of the clinton correction fal silty back on june 6, and that letter, as reported by the buffalo news included this message, and i quote i always promised you i d see you on the outside. i m a man of my word. the letter had an immediate impact. once she knew her father had broken out, she requested round-the-clock protection. we also know that matt convinced prison co-worker joyce mitchell, the woman charged with helping the two escape, to call and text his daughter. that started months before the escape. but the daughter didn t know about the escape plan beforehand, according to
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