How Did An Upstate Prison Enable Last Year's Incredible Escape? Let Us Count The Ways
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Clinton Correctional Facility
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A note left by Richard Matt in his cell the night of his escape.
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<p>A hole cut by David Sweat into a disabled steam pipe leading through the prison's outer wall. (Office of General Services) </p>
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A view of the holes in Sweat and Matt's cells from the catwalk outside.
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The dummy found in Sweat's cell.
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The hole in the rear wall of Matt's cell, behind his bed.
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A painting of Joyce Mitchell's dogs by Richard Matt, made in exchange for smuggled exercise gloves.
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The manhole that Sweat and Matt emerged from just beyond the prison walls.
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David Sweat, left, and Richard Matt; Sweat was serving a life sentence for killing a sheriff's deputy in Broome County while Matt was serving 25 years for killing his boss
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