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- A longtime corrections officer has admitted to investigators that he smuggled a screwdriver and pliers into the prison and did other favors for Richard W. Matt, one of the escaped killers, in exchange for a dozen elaborate paintings and other drawings by him, according to court documents and a person with knowledge of the guard’s statements.
www.nytimes.com/2015/06/26/nyregion/corrections-officer-new-york-prison-escape.html
Jun 25, 2015 · The prison guard arrested Wednesday in connection with the Dannemora prison break admitted to authorities he’d exchanged favors with the escaped killers, but claimed he had no clue the extra...
Jun 26, 2015 · The New York Times reported that the guard even helped send one of the paintings to a woman in Florida who sold the artwork on eBay for $2,000.
Jun 27, 2015 · Those who knew Mr. Matt at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y., say he painted to keep himself occupied and to obtain favors from guards and fellow prisoners.
Jun 26, 2015 · – The two convicted killers who broke out of a maximum-security prison in northern New York this month made their escape using rudimentary electrical and engineering skills, stealth and a canny...
Jul 1, 2015 · Richard Matt — who escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York with another inmate and was shot dead Friday after three weeks on the run — was also a noted prison painter....
Jun 24, 2015 · According to the court documents, Palmer went shopping for art supplies at Michaels in exchange for "elaborate paintings" done by Matt -- which he burned or buried after their escape -- in ...
