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Cop killer David Sweat has one regret 10 years after infamous 'Escape at Dannemora' incident: 'I just wanted to be free'
A decade after he broke out of an upstate New York prison and embarked on a notorious 23-day run with fellow inmate Richard Matt, convicted killer David Sweat dished on...
Inside Joyce Mitchell's bleak, reclusive life 10 years after she helped convicted killer lovers escape prison
New photos show Joyce Mitchell living a bleak, reclusive life in upstate New York nearly 10 years to the day after she helped Richard Matt and David Sweat escape from...
'Shawskank' prison escapee transferred to another facility
David Sweat, the notorious cop-killer best known for his highly publicized, ill-fated escape from Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate Dannemora — a caper that drew huge media coverage and prompted...
Why 'Shawskank' thinks Ben Stiller is a 'son-of-a-bitch liar'
The “Shawskank” says Hollywood’s portrayal of her — as a lovesick prison seamstress who helped her inmate boyfriends escape — is beyond redemption. In two 45-minute jailhouse interviews last week...
Escape at Dannemora, Part 3
Editor's note: The new limited event series on SHOWTIME, “Escape at Dannemora," is based on the stranger-than-fiction account of a prison break in upstate New York in the summer of...
Escape at Dannemora, Part 2
Editor's note: The new limited event series on SHOWTIME, “Escape at Dannemora," is based on the stranger-than-fiction account of a prison break in upstate New York in the summer of...
Escape at Dannemora, Part 1
A new Showtime series, “Escape at Dannemora," is based on the stranger-than-fiction account of a prison break in upstate New York in the summer of 2015 that spawned a massive...
'Shawskank' escapee is moved to new prison after hunger strike
Following a five-month hunger strike, allegations of attempted poisoning and a bizarre incident in which he blamed iced tea when his fiancée was caught touching his junk during a jailhouse...
'Shawskank' prisoner's fiancée: I was just checking his groin for lumps
This is nuts! The fiancée of infamous "Shawskank" prison escapee David Sweat denied that she was busted pleasuring him on a recent visit at Attica prison -- but contradicted the...
I wasn't masturbating, I was holding in 3 jumbo iced teas!
Is that a 20-ounce can of iced tea in your prison pants or are you just happy to see me? The infamous cop-killer who escaped from New York’s largest maximum-security...
'Shawskank' prisoner gets frisky with new flame during visit
The convicted cop-killer who spent more than three weeks on the run following a 2015 prison break has a new “Shawskank” — a female groupie who was caught in a...
Cop killer from 'Shawskank' escape on hunger strike in prison
If he gets too skinny, he can just slip through the bars. The convicted cop killer who famously escaped from an upstate prison in 2015 hates his new digs at...
Prison tailor denied parole again for helping prisoners escape
The prison tailor who was key in the notorious prison break of two inmates in 2015 was denied parole for the second time -- because it's likely she'll break the...
Upcoming 'Shawskank' flick is a no-holds-barred guilty pleasure
Lifetime is set to premiere its TV dramatization about the stunning escape of two killers from an upstate prison — and the lovesick “Shawskank” supervisor at the center of it...
'Shawskank' denied parole for role in prison break
The "Shawskank" prison tailor who was busted for helping two convicted killers escape from a correctional facility upstate was denied parole Monday, reports said. Good behavior apparently wasn't enough to...
Inside the 'sex den' that helped two killers score their freedom
Convicted killers David Sweat and Richard Matt used their prison tailor shop as a lurid sex den for their escapades with “Shawskank” supervisor Joyce “Tillie” Mitchell and proved to be...
Dimwitted guard gets six months for aiding in Shaw-skank escape
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — A guard who unwittingly helped two killers escape from a northern New York prison by smuggling in pliers, a screwdriver and a hacksaw blade hidden in hamburger...
Shaw-skank killer pleads guilty to all charges in prison break
One of the two murderers who escaped from a maximum-security lockup upstate earlier this year — thanks to help from a prison supervisor dubbed the "Shaw-skank" — pleaded guilty Friday...
Shawskank to pay nearly $80K for inmates' escape
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — The former prison employee who provided the tools that two murderers used to cut their way out of a maximum-security facility in northern New York will pay...
Shawskank could pay $120K for damage caused in prison break
Authorities want ex-prison seamstress Joyce “Tillie” Mitchell to cough up nearly $120,000 to pay for the cell walls destroyed by the two killers whom she helped escape. Upstate prosecutors asked...