In June 2015, two inmates escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. Richard Matt and David Sweat had both been convicted of murder and subsequently bonded in prison over a mutual love of art.
They even managed to convince prison guards to put them in cells next to each other. Eventually, Matt and Sweat were assigned jobs in the prison’s tailor shop, which is where they met Joyce Mitchell.
Mitchell was a guard in charge of the shop who later confessed to engaging in a sexual relationship with Matt…