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In 1929, Clinton Correctional was the site of a riot. Coupled with riots in other prisons in that year, it led to prison reform in New York. Included was the construction of schools in the prison and the renovation or rebuilding of most of the structures within the prison walls to update the facilities to modern standards.
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.
Richard William “Rick” Matt (June 25, 1966 – June 26, 2015) [1] was an American murderer known for his prison escape, the 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape.. A native of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area where he grew up in foster homes, Matt was a career criminal who had already served several prison terms for various crimes before he and an accomplice robbed ...
He receives a sentence of 25 years to life in prison, and will later meet Sweat at Clinton Correctional Facility. June 6, 2015: Sweat and Matt successfully escape the maximum security prison in ...
Richard Matt and David Sweat escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Upstate New York nine days ago, Two inmates who escaped from a New York prison last week are still at large — and ...
Dannemora is a village located in the towns of Dannemora and Saranac in Clinton County, New York, United States. It is best known as the location for Clinton Correctional Facility, also known colloquially as Dannemora. The population was 3,936 (approximately 2,800 to 3,000 of this number are prison inmates) at the 2010 census. [2]
Clinton Correctional Facility (also known as "Dannemora"): One of New York State's maximum security prisons is located in the village of Dannemora. ( Lucky Luciano once served time there.) The site also formerly housed the state's mental hospital for the criminally insane.
The series is based on the true story of the 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape in upstate New York. The escape prompted a massive manhunt for the two convicted murderers, who were aided in their escape by a married female prison employee with whom they both became sexually entangled.