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The escape was the subject of a television movie in 2017, New York Prison Break: The Seduction of Joyce Mitchell. Penelope Ann Miller starred as Joyce Mitchell, with Matt played by Myk Watford and Joe Anderson as Sweat. It was directed and written by Stephen Tolkin, and aired on the Lifetime Network. [50] [51]
The seven-episode series is based on the true story of the 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape in upstate New York. The breakout sparked a massive manhunt for two convicted murderers, Richard Matt and David Sweat, who were aided in their escape by Joyce "Tilly" Mitchell, a married prison employee entangled in secretive and inappropriate relationships with both men.
The series details the prison escape of two men, David Sweat, played by Paul Dano, and Richard Matt, played by Benecio Del Toro, with the help of prison worker Joyce "Tilly" Mitchell, played by ...
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 ...
July 21, 2002: David Sweat pleads guilty in Tarsia's death. He is later sentenced to life in prison. March 2008: Matt is convicted of second-degree murder in Rickerson's death.
Convicted of carjacking-related homicide of a 63-year-old woman and her 9-year-old granddaughter. Mitchell stabbed the woman to death and drove around 40 miles (64 km) with her body in the vehicle along with her granddaughter. He then slit the 9-year old's throat. He was the only Native American on death row until his execution. [11] Donald Trump
Lemuel Warren Smith (born July 23, 1941) is an American convicted serial killer who was the first convict to kill an on-duty female corrections officer.Smith was already in prison for the murders of at least five people when he murdered prison guard Donna Payant at Green Haven Correctional Facility in 1981.
Date of Death Cause of Death Guard Henry (or Harry) Traill [2] Kingston Penitentiary, Kingston, Ontario: July 7, 1870 First post-confederation peace officer to be killed in the line of duty. Struck in the head during an escape. [3] Guard John Rutledge [4] Toronto Central Prison, Toronto, Ontario: c.1888 Instructor David Cunningham