Two murder convicts who escaped from an upstate prison last year and were on the run for weeks had planned to go to Mexico and live under different names, investigators said in a report released ...

The prisoners were caught after a three-week manhunt. — -- A three-week manhunt for two escaped prisoners, called a "nightmare" by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, came to a violent end this past ...

SARANAC LAKE – The now-former superintendent of Clinton Correctional Facility said correction officers and staff at the Dannemora prison suffered “a major blow to their pride” after inmates Richard ...

On Saturday, an autopsy was conducted on the remains of escaped prisoner Richard Matt at the Albany Medical Center, according to a New York State Police press release. On Friday afternoon, a Border ...

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Prison guard Gene Palmer said he didn't realize that favors he did for inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat "made their escape easier," according to court documents released ...

DANNEMORA, N.Y. -- A woman charged with helping two murderers escape from a maximum-security prison by providing them hacksaw blades, chisels and other tools made another court appearance Monday as a ...

Prison employee Joyce Mitchell sits behind bars herself, as the hunt continues for the two killers she allegedly helped escape. An intense search has been underway across the region since last ...

Prison inmates Richard Matt, 48, left, and David Sweat, 35, are seen in a combination of enhanced pictures released by the New York State police June 17, 2015, showing how they might look after ...