![]() As the local police and the United States Marshals Service working with prison officials led the search, a $50,000 bounty was set for each inmate by Cuomo and was later increased to $75,000 when the U. Even the FBI, CBP and the ATF were alerted along with the state and local police, and the New York State Forest Rangers (the Adirondack Park Preserve covers the area) were also involved in the search. Authorities in Canada, including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and departments along the border with the U.S., and Mexico, where Matt had previously been convicted of murder, were also made aware of the manhunt. Soon, pretty much every official authority was looking for the two. The manhunt began when the authorities were tipped about a possible sighting of Matt and Sweat in and around the town of Willsboro, New York, on June 9, 2015. Mitchell allegedly aided inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat in their escape from Clinton Correctional Facility. Joyce Mitchell (L) appears before Judge Buck Rogers in Plattsburgh City Court on Jin Plattsburgh, New York. Another prison officer, Gene Palmer (played by David Morse in the show) was also charged with aiding the escape, as he used to supply tools and other favors to the escapees, especially to Matt, in exchange for paintings. The Wikipedia entry of the incident also shares that "A note was left behind on the pipe the two escapees had cut to escape, reading, "Have a nice day," with an Asian smiley face clearly wearing a triangular rice hat on it." Sources close to her had revealed that she had developed chest pains and had to be hospitalized. It is said at the end of their escape route, Tilly was supposed to pick them up but she changed her mind later on, right at the very last minute. ![]() Their escape was so elaborate and articulate that it has been compared to Stephen King's novel, 'The Shawshank Redemption' - also prompting the name 'Shaw-skank', that the sensational media had dubbed Tilly with at the time of the incident. As per reports, the inmates took Tilly's help, and tools from contractors to dig their escape tunnels during the nights, and made sure to return the tools to the toolboxes afterward. The two inmates were housed in Honor Block, a privileged housing unit, which allowed them access to amenities like cooking stations, televisions, wall mounted telephones, showers, and card tables in the cell house at specified intervals during the day. Some believe they conned her by sparking a sexually fueled love triangle with her and coaxed her into helping them escape from the prison. Tilly was in-charge of the prison's tailor shop where both the inmates worked. Matt and Sweat's prime accomplice in all of this was Joyce 'Tilly' Mitchell - a married mother of three played by Patricia Arquette in the series. Matt, 48, and Sweat, 34, escaped from the maximum security prison Jusing power tools and going through a manhole. In this handout from New York State Police, convicted murderers David Sweat (L) and Richard Matt are shown. And thus sparked off the extravagant and overwhelmingly expensive manhunt that ended nearly three weeks later when Matt was found at Malone, New York, where he was shot and killed, and just two days after that, Sweat was shot and taken into custody. Matt was serving 25 years to life and Sweat was serving life without parole, both in for murder. It was discovered that the two, after months of incredible planning, had managed to finally dig their way out of the prison, by tunneling through a catwalk under their cells to a manhole. On June 6, 2015, at 5:17 am, the two inmates - Matt and Sweat, played by Benicio del Toro, and Paul Dano respectively - were found missing from their beds. ![]() But how did it all come to be? Who were Matt and Sweat and what were they in for? Why a $23 million dollar manhunt issued, and what consequences were the two met with? Worry not here's all you need to know about it. ![]() ![]() Titled 'Escape at Dannemora,' the new Showtime series premiered last Sunday, November 19, and was greeted with excellent response thanks to its crisp storytelling of the infamous prison escape at the Clinton Correctional Facility back in 2015, when one fine morning during a regular bed check, inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat were found missing. But then comes comedic genius Ben Stiller's latest prison drama - every bit as dark and gritty as the genre calls for - which frankly, could never be as sensationalized as the true incident it is based on. Most importantly they don't live up to the hype. Directors and writers go over and beyond their potential to create a masterpiece, which sadly, at times, fails to create as intense an impact on the masses as they were intended for. Most of the times when true crime incidents are turned into onscreen adaptations, the biggest issue viewers have is the over sensationalizing of the story. ![]()
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