Go on behind prison bars. What did she know why didnt she stop it . Who could i tell . Who could i trust. Theres more to the story you havent heard. There was a gun. Joyce mitchell with her first and only interview. What have you lost in all this . The accomplice. Good evening everyone and welcome to dateline im matt laer. Two desperate convicts murders on the run after escaping with the help of a prison seamstress who may or may not have been in love with one of the killers. Tonight youll hear it all in our interview with the woman at the center of the story. A woman who claims that in a way she was a prisoner, too. The massive manhunt for the two escaped murders. An escaped manhunt that seems like a movie. How they got out, who is involved. It was an inside job we suspected almost immediately. Somebody knew somebody. No way possible that you could do it by yourself. Reporter somebody on the inside must have helped the two killers escape from the prison that was dubbed shawshank a fea
Go on behind prison bars. What did she know why didnt she stop it . Who could i tell . Who could i trust. Theres more to the story you havent heard. There was a gun. Joyce mitchell with her first and only interview. What have you lost in all this . The accomplice. Good evening everyone and welcome to dateline im matt laer. Two desperate convicts murders on the run after escaping with the help of a prison seamstress who may or may not have been in love with one of the killers. Tonight youll hear it all in our interview with the woman at the center of the story. A woman who claims that in a way she was a prisoner, too. The massive manhunt for the two escaped murders. An escaped manhunt that seems like a movie. How they got out, who is involved. It was an inside job we suspected almost immediately. Somebody knew somebody. No way possible that you could do it by yourself. Reporter somebody on the inside must have helped the two killers escape from the prison that was dubbed shawshank a fea
Helpless in there. Reporter for officers like jeffery dumas, working at clinton correctional was practically a fight. Typically every day we had somethin to handle, whether it was just a fist fight, whether it was drugs bein found, whether it was a stabbing, a slashing, gang violence. Something like that typically always happened every day. Reporter in 2008, it was into this forbidding world that Joyce Mitchell, a seamstress, entered, to work in the prison tailor shop. And thats where we begin her story. We met her recent ly at Clinton County jail where she was awaiting sentencing for her role in the prison break. She was shackled, handcuffed, and at times seemed nervous and emotional as she revealed how she was drawn into an brazen plot by two cunning and desperate murderers. Reporter first of all, theres obviously an irony here in that you were someone who worked in a prison. Yes. Being held behind bars. Whats it been like, so far . Its its nervewracking, because its not someplace th
Go on behind prison bars. What did she know why didnt she stop it . Who could i tell . Who could i trust. Theres more to the story you havent heard. There was a gun. Joyce mitchell with her first and only interview. What have you lost in all this . The accomplice. Good evening everyone and welcome to dateline im matt laer. Two desperate convicts murders on the run after escaping with the help of a prison seamstress who may or may not have been in love with one of the killers. Tonight youll hear it all in our interview with the woman at the center of the story. A woman who claims that in a way she was a prisoner, too. The massive manhunt for the two escaped murders. An escaped manhunt that seems like a movie. How they got out, who is involved. It was an inside job we suspected almost immediately. Somebody knew somebody. No way possible that you could do it by yourself. Reporter somebody on the inside must have helped the two killers escape from the prison that was dubbed shawshank a fea
Reporting tonight, Carl Quintanilla. Good evening. The long manhunt for those two convicted killers who escaped from a new york prison is over tonight. David sweat was shot and apprehended near the Canadian Border two days after richard matt was killed in that confrontation with police. This photo of sweat was taken just after his capture, his condition is unknown. But we are learning more tonight about what led authorities to some of the most wanted men in the united states. We begin with nbcs stephanie gosk. Reporter after 23 days on the run, after a prison break that captivated the country, 35yearold david sweat is in custody tonight, shot and wounded by Law Enforcement just two miles from the Canadian Border. Can we get an ambulance to stage at the constable station for any possible further responses . Copy. Give me an ambulance to stage at my station for malone, please. Reporter Authorities Say sweat was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. Roads surrounding the area remain b