Prison worker 'supplied blades' to escapees

A worker at a maximum security prison in New York state has been charged with helping two killers escape.

Prison worker 'supplied blades' to escapees

A worker at a maximum security prison in New York state has been charged with helping two killers escape.

Tailor shop instructor Joyce Mitchell is accused of befriending inmates David Sweat and Richard Matt at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora and giving them hacksaw blades, chisels, a punch and a screwdriver bit.

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