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.
you have inmates from all different blocks working there. considered a plum assignment. it wasn t just people from the honor block. david sweat was very well regarded within the tailor shop. he could move easily between the different floors. talking to different inmates. prisoners from different blocks. he had very big access. so when you talk about the culture of the prison you have those who were well regarded and you have those who wanted to sort of befriend those additional inmates. because there was a hierarchy within the prison. there was a sense of who had the juice to get things done. access is sort of power inside. 100%. you are learning more about gene palmer. this is very interesting. gene palmer was an intelligence officer, what inmates call a snitch officer. his job was to collect intelligence. because of that he would go to the tailor shop. speak to the inmates from the various blocks. though he himself was also assigned to the honor block, the a block, he too was
and you would not be alone in asking that question. state investigators have been at the clinton correctional facility since last week as you may know. today we learned that the fbi launched a probe of its own. details on that now from our justice correspondent evan perez who joins us from washington. so the fbi probe, what do we know about it? anderson it does appear this prison was a dysfunctional place. the fbi is investigating possible criminal activity inside the clinton correctional facility including heroin trafficking. now, investigators want to know whether the two former fugitives, richard matt and david sweat were working with guards as part of the drug ring. now law enforcement officials tell cnn that some of the prison employees who have been interviewed have described widespread availability of heroin at the prison and the role of employees in getting the drugs inside. now we know that matt and sweat had a lot of freedom inside this prison. and the question now is was t
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
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