BELLMONT, N.Y. -- A prison guard charged in connection with the escape of two killers admitted providing them with tools, paint, frozen hamburger and access to a catwalk electrical box, but claims he ...

In 2015, two men serving sentences for murder escaped from prison and went on the run in upstate New York. The series was recently added to Netflix and is finding a new audience of true crime lovers.

Sweat "acted like he knew [Mitchell] for years," former inmate says. — -- As both a prison employee and a corrections officer face charges for allegedly helping convicted murderers Richard Matt ...

The two friends requested to be neighbors on the prison's honor block. — -- Almost immediately after his capture, convicted murderer David Sweat bragged to police that the escape plan that led to ...

David Sweat is a convicted murderer who, alongside Richard Matt, escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility in 2015. The successful escape led to a 22-day-long manhunt, which ultimately cost New York ...