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- Matt was serving 25 years to life and Sweat was serving life without parole, both for murder. The two prisoners had escaped by cutting a hole in their cell walls, gaining access to the utility areas behind and above their cells.
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The 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape was a jailbreak that took place on June 6, 2015, when two inmates, Richard Matt and David Sweat, were discovered missing during a 5:17 a.m. bed check at the maximum security Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, United States.
Jun 8, 2016 · Richard Matt and David Sweat plotted the breakout for months. On the night of June 5, a little after 11 p.m., they climbed through holes they had cut — over months, with tools smuggled in by a...
- Jen Kirby
- Contributor
Jul 28, 2015 · David Sweat escaped from prison on June 6, along with fellow inmate Richard Matt. He told law enforcement how he split from Matt along with other details.
Oct 23, 2024 · During his time at Clinton, Sweat came to befriend fellow inmate Richard Matt, who, himself, was serving a 25-year sentence for the kidnapping and assault of a man in New York state. The pair got to know each other while living beside one another in Clinton's 'honor block'.
- Klein Felt
- Senior Editor
Jun 7, 2016 · Matt and Sweat worked for almost three weeks cutting the holes using hacksaw blades Mitchell smuggled into the prison.
Jun 28, 2015 · Officials discover convicted killers Matt and Sweat are missing from their cells about 5:30 a.m. Their escape is the first from the maximum-security section of the Dannemora, New York, prison...
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Dec 15, 2018 · Reports revealed that Sweat and Matt had manipulated two prison employees into smuggling in breakout tools in frozen hamburger meat, cut holes in the steel at the backs of their cells and created an escape through an 18-inch steam pipe.
