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In this June 15, 2015, file photo, Joyce Mitchell appears before Judge Mark Rogers in Plattsburgh, N.Y., City Court for a hearing. (G.N. Miller/New York Post via AP, Pool, File)

Joyce Mitchell, N.Y. prison worker, pleads guilty in escape of 2 killers

By Michael Hill - Associated Press

This combination of file photos released by the New York State Police shows David Sweat, left, and Richard Matt. Matt, who staged a brazen escape from an upstate maximum-security prison with Sweat and had been hunted for three weeks was shot and killed Friday, June 26, 2015. Sweat was shot and captured on Sunday, June 28. (New York State Police via AP, File)

Richard Matt’s body released to New York funeral home

By Michael Virtanen - Associated Press

Police stand over David Sweat after he was shot and captured near the Canadian border Sunday, June 28, 2015, in Constable, N.Y. Sweat is the second of two convicted murderers who staged a brazen escape three weeks ago from a maximum-security prison in northern New York. His capture came two days after his escape partner, Richard Matt, was shot and killed by authorities. (AP Photo)

N.Y. prison chief, 11 others put on leave after escape, official says

By Micheal Virtanen - Associated Press

Police stand over David Sweat after he was shot and captured near the Canadian border Sunday, June 28, 2015, in Constable, N.Y. Sweat is the second of two convicted murderers who staged a brazen escape three weeks ago from a maximum-security prison in northern New York. His capture came two days after his escape partner, Richard Matt, was shot and killed by authorities. (AP Photo)

Mario Cuomo: David Sweat, captured N.Y. convict, ‘critical but stable’

By Michael Balsamo - Associated Press

David Sweat (New York State Police via AP)

David Sweat, escaped murderer, shot and captured

By Michael Balsamo - Associated Press

FILE - This combination of file photos released by the New York State Police shows David Sweat, left, and Richard Matt. Matt, who staged a brazen escape from an upstate maximum-security prison with Sweat and had been hunted for three weeks was shot and killed Friday, June 26, 2015, but Sweat, is still on the run. (New York State Police via AP, File)

David Sweat, surviving inmate, still on the loose in N.Y. after 1 escapee killed

By John Kekis and Michael Virtanen - Associated Press

This May 20, 2015, file photo released by the New York State Police shows Richard Matt. Matt and accomplice David Sweat escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015, and are still at large. Matt is among more than 160 state prison escapees nationwide who are listed as on the loose, The Associated Press found in a coast-to-coast survey. (New York State Police via AP)

Richard Matt, 1 of 2 escaped prisoners, shot and killed

By John Kekis and Michael Virtanen - Associated Press

Corrections officers rush to an area of a possible sighting of two escaped prisoners from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, on Tuesday, June 23, 2015, in Mountain View, N.Y. Police began focusing intensely on an area 20 miles west of the prison that inmates David Sweat and Richard Matt escaped from prison on June 6. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Arrested prison guard denies knowing of N.Y. inmates’ escape plot

By Bonny Ghosh - Associated Press

A New York State Police officer escorts suspended Clinton Correctional Facility guard Gene Palmer, left, from Plattsburgh Town Court in Plattsburgh, N.Y., Wednesday, June 24, 2015. (Rob Fountain/The Press-Republican via AP)

Gene Palmer, Clinton New York prison worker, arrested in escape of Matt, Sweat

By Bonny Ghosh - Associated Press

Corrections officers stop a vehicle as the search for two escaped prisoners from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora continues Monday, June 22, 2015, in Owls Head, N.Y. Searchers on Monday swarmed the heavily wooded area about 20 miles west of the maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Items recovered from N.Y. cabin as police seek escaped killers

By Mike Groll - Associated Press

At left, in a May 21, 2015, file photo released by the New York State Police is David Sweat. At right, in a May 20, 2015, file photo released by the New York State Police is Richard Matt. New York State Police are investigating a possible sighting of the two convicted killers who escaped from an upstate New York prison two weeks ago. (New York State Police via AP, File)

Manhunt for escaped murderers returns to site near N.Y. prison

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At left, in a May 21, 2015, file photo released by the New York State Police is David Sweat. At right, in a May 20, 2015, file photo released by the New York State Police is Richard Matt. New York State Police are investigating a possible sighting of the two convicted killers who escaped from an upstate New York prison two weeks ago. (New York State Police via AP, File)

Manhunt for escaped killers shifts after possible sighting

Associated Press

Joyce Mitchell heads into Plattsburgh City Court for her hearing, Monday, June 15, 2015, in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Mitchell is charged with helping convicted murderers Richard Matt and David Sweat escape from Clinton Correctional Facility. (Rob Fountain/Press-Republican via AP)

Joyce Mitchell, N.Y. prison worker, discussed having convicts kill husband, prosecutor says

By Mary Esch - Associated Press

Law enforcement officers get off a truck as they return to their vehicles after searching a wooded area on Sunday, June 14, 2015, in Schuyler Falls, N.Y. Law enforcement personnel are in the ninth day of searching for David Sweat and Richard Matt, two killers who used power tools to cut their way out of Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora in northern New York. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Joyce Mitchell, prison worker, charged with aiding escapees appears in court

By John Kekis - Associated Press

A wanted poster is displayed in the window of a state police officer's car near Dannemora, N.Y., Friday, June 12, 2015. Squads of law enforcement officers are heading out for a seventh day, searching for David Sweat and Richard Matt, two murderers who escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison in northern New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Joyce Mitchell, prison employee, accused of supplying contraband to escaped convicts: D.A.

By Michael Hill and Michael Virtanen - Associated Press