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 Clinton Correctional Facility | |
| Date | June 6, 2015 |
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| Location | Clinton Correctional Facility Village of Dannemora, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 44°43′23″N 73°43′08″W / 44.72306°N 73.71889°W |
| Perpetrator | Richard Matt and David Sweat |
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| Deaths | 1 |
| Non-fatal injuries | 1 |
The 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape was a jailbreak that took place on June 6, 2015, when two inmates, Richard Matt and David Sweat, were discovered missing during a 5:17 a.m. bed check at the maximum security Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, United States. Matt was serving 25 years to life and Sweat was serving life without parole, both for murder.[1] The two prisoners had escaped by cutting a hole in their cell walls gaining access to the utility areas behind and above their cells. Eventually they cut a hole in a steam pipe and used the pipe to escape from the prison into the city sewer, with tools obtained from two cooperating prison employees. Nearly three weeks after the escape, Matt was found in Malone, New York, where he was shot and killed;[2] two days after that, Sweat was shot and taken into custody.[3]
- ^ McKinley, Jesse; Southall, Ashley (7 June 2015). "With Power Tools and a Ruse, 2 Killers Flee New York Prison". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022.
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