DANNEMORA, N.Y.– Β The jail worker accused of helping two convicted murders escape an upstate New York prison a week ago has been moved to a lockup in another county.
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Rensselaer County Jail officials say Joyce Mitchell was transported there and arrived at 10 a.m. Saturday. Clinton County Sheriff David Favro requested the move.
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Prosecutors say the prison tailor shop instructor befriended the men and gave them hacksaw blades, chisels, a punch and a screwdriver bit.Β
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Mitchell is also suspected of agreeing to be a getaway driver but didn’t show up, leaving the men on foot early on June 6.
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Hundreds of law enforcement officials are searching the area around the prison for inmates David Sweat and Richard Matt.
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