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Part of the reason for the freedom, anderson. do we know if either joyce mitchell or gene palmer are suspected of being involved in this heroin ring or other illegal activity? that s one of the big concerns. the fbi has identified a couple prison employees other than mitchell and palmer. so the question the suggestion here is that problems run much deeper than just those two, two people who have now been arrested and charged, andersen.the new york inspector general is doing investigation into the security and lapse and escapes. we are just now learning more about david sweat and his movements inside the prison before he and matt broke out. deborah feyerick joins us now. this goes to what everyone is saying the amount of mobility inthe prison. he worked in the tailor shop. think of a long warehouse facility. ....
In and talk very casually and freely and openly with some of the prisoners and one of them actually told me that a former inmate actually told me that he he would show them pictures from his camping trips that he took up in the woods. again sort of social manipulation where the inmates are manipulating the guard. but there is a culture of co-dependency. all part of the investigation. that authorities are looking into. and that is you know when you are in there it is a world unto itself. and as one corrections officer told me he said look there are no secrets in prison. everybody knows what s going on. but it was the co-dependency that may have allowed some of this criminal activity to happen. not only at clinton. that s the big question it s not just. how widespread is this? at prisons across new york state. when you talk about a single investigation. this investigation could lead to something much bigger and more significant. we hear about a possible heroin ring inside the pri ....
Sure there is no breach inside the inmates cell because they spend so much time inside. also the people on the overnight shifts they should be looking and making sure the inmates are doing basic things like breathing as they sleep. there are things that could have been done should have been done and these men are now on administrative leave for that very reason. you know even correctional officers working double shifts so they could get a month off. all of that is under investigation. the superintendent, what we used to call the warden are directly responsible for that and that s why they are on leave pending the investigation. and pointing out with double shifts they are looking into whether guards were sleeping on the job at night. there were so many issues here and you re learning, deb, more about the drug ring possibly heroin ring that could have involved matt and sweat in the prison. it s interesting because i ve spoken to a number of inmates and prison officials, former ....
Investigation and possible evidence that inmates partnered with corrupt prison employees. the lawless alliance could even include a heroin ring operated inside the prison. new york s governor scoffs at the idea that the prison and its employees had turned soft. you know now they say all this dannemora prison sounds like a country club and it was easy to escape from. remember, dannemora has been open for over 100 years. there was never an escape. country club? this is the prison that they would threaten the other inmates in the rest of the system that if you didn t believe, you would go to dannemora. dannemora was had the reputation of the toughest prison in the system. so it was no country club. let s bring in cnn ....
Second from a deep dense forest. that forest extends north directly across the border into canada. and the forest continues for some time. he was, within a mile mile and a half of the canadian border and had he gotten into the dense bush i am it would have been difficult to find him. fascinating. paul, thank you so much. my pleasure andersen. more on this and the prison. the fbi has started investigating possible corruption including perhaps a heroin ring. bring you up to speed on that. late word on moves in south carolina to take down the confederate battle flag. ....