David Sweat

It has been a decade since New York state and beyond were in the midst of a massive manhunt after two inmates escaped from the Clinton Correctional prison in Dannemora.

The prison break in northern New York captured the nation’s attention for three weeks in 2015 and spawned two screen adaptations – one of questionable…

The former prison tailor serving time for helping two killers escape from an upstate New York correctional facility is tentatively approved for release in…

The prison tailor who helped two killers escape from an upstate New York prison has been denied parole for a third time. The parole board decision…

In June 2015, two vicious convicted murderers broke out of the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, in New York’s North Country, launching the most…

A miniseries based on the 2015 escape by Richard Matt and David Sweat from the Clinton Correctional Facility will debut on Showtime this weekend. In…

On June 6, 2015 two convicted murderers escaped from the maximum security prison at Dannemora. The search for David Sweat and Richard Matt fell under the…

It captured the nation’s attention for nearly a month and kept everyone in Northern New York and Vermont on tenterhooks during the summer of 2015. On June…

Two years after a prison break riveted the region, more than 1,000 people flocked to the Strand Theatre in Plattsburgh recently to audition for parts in a…

The New York State Parole Board has unanimously denied former prison guard worker Joyce Mitchell’s bid for parole.Mitchell appeared before the board for…