Get Joyce Mitchell Richard Matt Images. Former prison seamstress joyce mitchell will be sentenced later this month for her role in the prison break of convicted killers david sweat and richard. She provided tools they used to chisel through walls and pipes in a.

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Gather ye round, and hear the story of joyce tillie mitchell, the woman who said in court that she was depressed as a reason for why she helped inmates david sweat and richard matt escape. The 2015 clinton correctional facility escape took place on june 6, 2015, when two inmates, richard matt and david sweat, were discovered missing during a 5:17 a.m. With little experience and scant supplies, david sweat and richard matt managed to avoid capture for three weeks in the rugged northernmost reaches of new york state.

The 2015 clinton correctional facility escape took place on june 6, 2015, when two inmates, richard matt and david sweat, were discovered missing during a 5:17 a.m.

'if i could take it all back, i would': Joyce mitchell, the prison worker who helped convicted killers richard matt and david sweat escape from new york's clinton correctional facility, pleaded guilty on tuesday for her part in the escape. She asked for a painting and gave him and david sweat tools to help escape. Matt is a convicted murder, serving 25 years to mitchell has been investigated in the past for having an inappropriate relationship with matt.