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A week after Clinton Correctional Facility inmate David Sweat and Richard Matt escaped from the prison, Joyce Mitchell has finally been captured and arrested. Mitchell, who worked at the prison’s tailor shop, stands alongside her attorney during her arraignment on June 12th, 2015. Mitchell was arrested for allegedly helping the two convicted murders escape from the prison by supplying them with power tools including hacksaw blades, chisels and screwdriver bits, according to reports. Mitchell faces up to seven years in prison is she is found guilty of these charges.
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Joyce Mitchell reacts as she appears in court to plead guilty at Clinton County court, in Plattsburgh, NY, July 28th, 2015. Mitchell was charged with promoting prison contraband, a felony and criminal facilitation assisting convicted killers Richard Matt and David Sweat escape from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, NY, on June 6th.
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In 2015, Joyce Mitchell, a worker at the maximum security Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, NY, was arrested on charges of helping two convicted killers escape; Mitchell later pleaded guilty to promoting prison contraband and was sentenced to 21/3 to seven years in prison. #2015ClintonPrisonEscape#JoyceMitchell
She served nearly five years and her husband stuck by her.
