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Joyce Mitchell, defended by a Clinton County public defender, pleaded guilty to promoting prison contraband and criminal facilitation. She was sentenced to two-and-a-third to seven years in prison, fined $6,375, and ordered to pay $79,841 in restitution.
Apr 6, 2021 · Joyce Mitchell (left) appears with her lawyer Stephen Johnston before Judge Buck Rogers in Plattsburgh City Court on June 15, 2015 in Plattsburgh, New York. Mitchell was later found guilty of aiding inmates, Richard Matt and David Sweat, in their escape from Clinton Correctional Facility.
Feb 6, 2020 · Former prison worker Joyce Mitchell was released from prison Thursday morning after helping two convicted murderers escape years earlier. Mitchell, 55, was released from the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in Westchester County, New York, to community supervision, according to the Department of Corrections.
Jun 13, 2015 · The 51-year-old mother and wife was charged Friday night with a felony count of promoting prison contraband and a misdemeanor count of criminal facilitation. She pleaded not guilty at a late-night...
Sep 28, 2015 · Joyce Mitchell apologized profusely as she was sentenced to 2 1/3 to seven years in prison, saying she acted in part out of fear. She also might have to contribute to the $120,000 in restitution the state is seeking for damages to Clinton Correctional Facility from the brazen June 6 escape.
Feb 6, 2020 · Mitchell allegedly smuggled hacksaw blades, chisels and other tools into the prison in frozen hamburger meat, which a guard later gave to the inmates. She also allegedly bought six hacksaw blades and gave them directly to Matt, according to the inspector general report.
Sep 28, 2015 · Sept. 28, 2015. A former prison employee who admitted to helping two convicted killers escape from a maximum-security prison in northern New York, leading to one...
