New court date. And alexandra field has the the latest on all of it including breaking news, yet one more factor that may have helped sweat and matt prepare their escape. Alexandra, what have you learned . Good evening, anderson. Cnn learned that investigators are now looking at whether Prison Guards on the honor block may have been sleeping during ally allowed richard matt and david sweat to prepare for they escape unsupervised. The Inspector Generals Office launched a full investigation. They have been onsite at the prison. Theyre trying to determine whether and what extent any prison protocols may have been breached. At the same time, gene palmer is speaking to constituent police giving them a look at what was really happening behind bars. Reporter an official closer to the investigation tells cnn gene palmer, a prison guard, gave at least one of the now escaped inmates, a screwdriver and needle nosed pliers supposedly to help fix electrical breakers behind their cells alug the two
Cooked up for him. The guard gene palmer has spoken to one of our producers. The latest on that. We are also learning even more including what he told new York State Police about the favors he did for matt and david sweat. And in addition mr. Palmer has a new attorney. He has also got a new court date. And alexandra field has the the latest on all of it including breaking news yet one more factor that may have helped sweat and matt prepare their escape. Alexandra, what have you learned . Good evening, anderson. Cnn learned that investigators are now looking at whether Prison Guards on the honor block may have been sleeping during their evening shifts which would have potentially allowed richard matt and david sweat to prepare for they escape unsupervised. The Inspector Generals Office launched a full investigation. They have been onsite at the prison. Theyre trying to determine whether and what extent any prison protocols may have been breached. At the same time gene palmer is speaking
palmer he trusted these guys? awe thought is a personal choice. you have to have integrity. you have to have your integrity intact at all times. brian in your interview with palmer, he talked how closely the guards and inmates collaborate, they trust each other, a carefully calibrated system of reward/punishment. i want to play a bit about what he had to say about the system. it works for us, just as the the tv s work for us that we have for them in their cells, soap operas, you d be surprised how stimulating they are for an individual. yes it does work. days of our lives. after seeing all of this, were you surprised the system seems to have failed? here s what i thought was sort of the way that maximum security prisons in new york worked. is that there were these strange cultural relationships, there were these sort of nuanced negotiated arrangements inside, but that the outer perimeter was rock solid. and what we are seeing with the investigations that are under
a new attorney will be taking over this increasingly high profile face. appreciate the reporting. joining us former new york city corrections deputy warden ed gavin and brian manne who did interview in alexandra s report. that interview was fast night, he was your guide on a story 15 years ago the north yard of the prison. an area controlled mostly by the inmates they kept barbecue grills, recreation, gardens, this was happening inside a maximum security prison. did it surprise you? yeah, i was blown away by what i saw. i saw inmates working with power tools. i saw inmates with an enormous amount of liberty. the gang activity there sets the
serious charges ss three felony charges. he was scheduled to have an appearance this afternoon. he was not there for that. the hearing was postponed until monday. a new attorney will be taking over this increasingly high profile face. appreciate the reporting. joining us former new york city corrections deputy warden ed gavin and brian manne who did interview in alexandra s report. that interview was fast night, he was your guide on a story 15 years ago the north yard of the prison. an area controlled mostly by the inmates they kept barbecue grills recreation gardens, this was happening inside a maximum security prison. did it surprise you? yeah i was blown away by what i saw. i saw inmates working with power tools. i saw inmates with an enormous amount of liberty. the gang activity there sets the pace for a lot of the life that