A new superintendent has been named to run the maximum-security Clinton Correctional prison where a range of new security measures have been implemented to close gaps exploited by two inmates who broke out on June 6th.
The state corrections department says Wednesday that 30-year veteran Michael Kirkpatrick is now superintendent of the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora.
The department has announced new security protocols including increased cell searches and bed checks, staffing and supervision changes, and installation of new security technology in tunnels and heart beat detection monitors at vehicle screening locations.
The previous superintendent and 11 other staff were put on paid leave Tuesday after an internal review of how David Sweat and Richard Matt escaped June 6.
Matt was shot dead after a three-week manhunt. Sweat was captured two days after that and is hospitalized.
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