DANNEMORA, N.Y.– 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.
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.
Prosecutors say the prison tailor shop instructor befriended the men and gave them hacksaw blades, chisels, a punch and a screwdriver bit.
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.
Hundreds of law enforcement officials are searching the area around the prison for inmates David Sweat and Richard Matt.
