NY - Captured, escaped convicted killers, David Sweat & Richard Matt, Dannemora #8

[epiphany]

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Several staffers at Clinton Correctional Facility, including prison superintendent and deputy superintendent of security, placed on administrative leave - @KClukey_TU

 

[epiphany]

Shimon Prokupecz ‏@ShimonPro 9m9 minutes ago

BREAKING: Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent at Clinton Correctional Facility placed on administrative leave #PrisonBreakNY

Shimon Prokupecz ‏@ShimonPro 4h4 hours ago

Investigators zeroing in on specific prison employees who are now the focus of the FBI investigation http://cnn.it/1g3vku1
#prisonbreakny

https://twitter.com/ShimonPro

 

[epiphany]

Superintendent Steven Racette and Stephen Brown, the deputy superintendent for security, are among those on leave, the people [individuals briefed, but not authorized to speak] said Tuesday.

Several correction officers and at least one lieutenant also are expected to be placed on leave and served with administrative charges. The pending charges stem from an intensive investigation of the prison's operations that was launched after the escape.

http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Superintendent-other-leaders-on-leave-as-fallout-6357792.php

 

[SweetT]

I had a feeling the corruption went deep. Glad Sweat can also be helpful in filling in some missing areas. I bet there were a lot of folks at that prison hoping both men would be shot dead when found.

 

[Hope4More]

Superintendent Steven Racette and Stephen Brown, the deputy superintendent for security, are among those on leave, the people [individuals briefed, but not authorized to speak] said Tuesday.

Several correction officers and at least one lieutenant also are expected to be placed on leave and served with administrative charges. The pending charges stem from an intensive investigation of the prison's operations that was launched after the escape.

http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Superintendent-other-leaders-on-leave-as-fallout-6357792.php

Chain of command consequences for sure, at least. The CO's mentioned weren't necessarily involved directly with the escape. Hopefully they've fingered whoever made the decision to place Sweat and Matt in adjoining cells, because there was nothing clean about that decision, and I very much doubt the reports that Tillie's donuts were adequate enough persuasion for the decision.

 

[epiphany]

CNN Live

Edward Gavin, former Deputy Warden, NYC DOC:

I keep coming back to t basics

Contraband usually introduced by visitors, but in CCF also appears to be a handful of CCF employees (uniformed & not) who are also, "profiteers"

Failures at CCF were catastrophic

Supt of CCF & Deputy Supt of CCF set the tone for the entire facility: they failed at that mission

 

[human]

There are always bad apples, and underpaying, under training employees in any profession is always going to produce systemic problems, IMO. That plus the sheer size of the US prison population and the huge number of violent inmates equals an inevitable flow of stories about things going bad and wrong.


From a report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2013 (stats are as of 12/13/2013):
http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/p13.pdf

Total number of prisoners in the US ( state, private, and federal facilities): 1,574,700

Percentage of prisoners in STATE PRISONS serving sentences for violent crimes (includes murder, assault, sexual assault, and burglary): 53.8%

Total number of state prisoners convicted of violent crimes: 707,500

Percentage of those violent offenders convicted of murder: 12.7%

So, in 2013, state prisons held 55,708 convicted murderers out of a total of 707,500 inmates in prison for violent offenses.
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In New York State (NY correctional system report, as of 1/2014)
http://www.doccs.ny.gov/Research/annotate.asp


Total state prison inmates: 53,565

Percentage convicted of violent crimes: 65.5%

Number of inmates convicted of murder: 6,975

Percentage serving LWOP: 1% (256 inmates)

Percentage serving Life-Max: 18% (9,751 inmates)

I am thinking of the drones and the cell phones. Impossible to stop?

 

[Bravo]

So that would be a paid leave? For now.

 

[trigger]

Here we go!

 

[cinsbythesea]

I had a feeling the corruption went deep. Glad Sweat can also be helpful in filling in some missing areas. I bet there were a lot of folks at that prison hoping both men would be shot dead when found.

Ditto! I said the same thing to my SO when they said Sweat was going to live - that now there must be a lot of sweating going on within the prison employees! I do have to wonder at how much he'll really tell though about the corruption within the prison considering he's going to be living in a prison for the rest of his life and he knows very well that he's going to have to likely bear the consequences from COs for what he tells. Sucks to be him right about now!

 

[cinsbythesea]

Wait...are you saying he literally can't read?????

That's what's been reported- he can't write OR read...

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

Matts TOX hasn't been released. But, IMO no user would plan his escape and withdrawal at the same time. JMO

maybe he brought some H on him during his escape...

But ran out before he could make a drug connection?

Just a thought...

:dunno:

 

[trigger]

So that would be a paid leave? For now.

Yeah, probably...

 

[epiphany]

9 security staff members placed on Admin Leave


Emily DeFeciani ‏@Emily_TWCNews 7m7 minutes ago

#BREAKING DOCCS: 3 of Clinton Correctional’s Exec Team & 9 security staff employees put on admin leave @TWCNewsAlbany #PrisonBreakNY

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

even a 500 dollar car from craigslist would have been a better idea than trusting ole Tillie

Or Uber?...

:dunno:

 

[Greater Than]

When consensual, why would she or any DOC employee be charged with rape?

Dismissed, forced out, fired etc IF only "crime."

It IS a crime. NY State Penal Law states that a person committed to the care and custody of a correctional facility is incapable of consent. Any employee who has sex with an inmate, even if "consensual" can be charged with rape.

Article 130 - NY Penal Law

S 130.05 Sex offenses; lack of consent.

1. Whether or not specifically stated, it is an element of every
offense defined in this article that the sexual act was committed
without consent of the victim.

3. A person is deemed incapable of consent when he or she is:
(a) less than seventeen years old; or
(b) mentally disabled; or
(c) mentally incapacitated; or
(d) physically helpless; or
(e) committed to the care and custody or supervision of the state
department of corrections and community supervision or a hospital, as such term is defined in subdivision two of section four hundred of the
correction law, and the actor is an employee who knows or reasonably should know that such person is committed to the care and custody or supervision of such department or hospital. For purposes of this paragraph, "employee" means (i) an employee of the state department of corrections and community supervision who, as part of his or her employment, performs duties: (A) in a state correctional facility in which the victim is confined at the time of the offense consisting of providing custody, medical or mental health services, counseling services, educational programs, vocational training, institutional
parole services or direct supervision to inmates;

http://ypdcrime.com/penal.law/article130.htm#p130.05

 

[dizzychick]

When parents continually bail out their children and there's no consequences for
bad behavior... psychopaths are created. Casy Anthony

that old black and white movie ' The Bad Seed" comes to mind the little kid even looks like CA

 

[faw720]

So if Sweat admitted she was in on the murder of her husband she will get conspiracy to commit murder which is another 10 years. Tilly could be put away for life if these charges go through.
Sweat absolutely knows he can talk to the FBI, he has probably thought about this long and hard while on the lam. He is in an advantageous position now with the Feds wanting to know how an escaped convict thinks. Extra food rations, more movies....whatever it is they will offer him in exchange for info.

The CO's and the police do not want to be embarrassed like this again. In retrospect this was a terribly planned escape. They blew a five hour lead, depended on an anxiety ridden old lady, left themselves in the wilderness with no skills, and had no real end game that made sense.
This escape could have been disastrous if they would have hopped a train or stolen a car. It does not sound like 2 years of training to me, more like 2 months. It will become the stuff of legends though as no one had broken out. Sweat will start scheming tomorrow, that is all he has to live for.

Matt & Sweat overestimated their sexual prowess & charms.:doh:

 

[dizzychick]

Matt & Sweat overestimated their sexual prowess & charms.:doh:

Gawker has an article about a certain appendage on Matt's body lol

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

I give up.

Were you trying to tell us something, Bestill? :waitasec:

Just kidding...:hug: