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Jail for prison worker who helped inmates escape

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Jail for prison worker who helped inmates escape

A prison worker who helped two convicted murderers escape from a maximum security prison in New York was sentenced to seven years behind bars for providing the inmates with tools used in their daring break-out.

Prison worker faces jail for New York prison escape plot

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Prison worker faces jail for New York prison escape plot
Captured fugitive behind bars again after treatment

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Captured fugitive behind bars again after treatment
Escaped prisoner in serious condition after being shot during arrest

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Escaped prisoner in serious condition after being shot during arrest
Second escaped murderer Sweat caught and shot in US

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Second escaped murderer Sweat caught and shot in US
Two jail employees held over 'Shawshank-style' escape

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Two jail employees held over 'Shawshank-style' escape
New lead on escaped New York murderers
New lead on escaped New York murderers

The search for two killers has landed in New York’s southern tier near the Pennsylvania border, about 350 miles from the prison where they escaped two weeks ago.

Sun, 21 Jun, 2015

Armoured police pour into small town in hunt for 'Shawshank-escape' duo
Armoured police pour into small town in hunt for 'Shawshank-escape' duo

Hundreds of police in body armour have poured into a small town in New York state in the search for two killers who used power tools to break out of a maximum security prison 30 miles away.

Wed, 10 Jun, 2015

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