The female prison worker who allegedly helped two convicted killers make a 'Shawshank Redemption'-style prison break has admitted to smuggling hacksaw blades, drill bits and lights into the prison, according to a new report.
Joyce Mitchell, 51, an industrial training supervisor at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, told investigators she provided the tools and use of a cell phone to Richard Matt, 48, and 34-year-old David Sweat, the
Albany Times-Union reported.
Mitchell supplied hacksaw blades, drill bits and goggles with lights for the escapees, according to
CNN, which were bought in the last few months.
Clinton County district attorney, Andrew Wylie, said Mitchell did not bring power tools into the prison but did bring contraband.
The two prisoners used an electric saw and a sledgehammer to make their escape route,
The Times-Union reported.
They cut holes in the back of their cells, lowered themselves to a catwalk and hot-wired lighting outlets to power a hand-saw to cut into a 24-inch steam pipe that led to a sewer system.
Matt and Sweat popped out of a manhole outside of the 40ft prison walls on a quiet street in the village of Dannemora and fled.
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Sweat was moved out of the prison sewing shop that Mitchell supervised.
It had also emerged that Mitchell, who is married to another prison worker and has an adult son, reportedly told investigators that Matt had 'made her feel special' and she 'thought it was love'.
Mitchell, an instructor at the prison tailor shop, where the two convicts worked, allegedly planned to be the getaway driver for Matt and Sweat, but got cold feet at the last minute.
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The killer was 'very handsome and, in all frankness, very well endowed', retired detective David Bentley told the New York Post this week.
Mitchell also told investigators that Matt made her feel 'special', sources told
CNN.
Mitchell has not been charged and is cooperating, according to authorities. She does not have a lawyer.
Mr Wylie told CNN on Thursday that Mitchell 'comes in and each day has been providing... additional information that's assisted the investigators'.
The Clinton County prosecutor said Mitchell is under surveillance but not in protective custody.
According to anonymous officials, Mitchell's statements to police about the escape plan were incriminating enough to result in her being indicted.
In the state of New York, aiding and abetting is Class-D felony which carries a punishment of up to seven years in prison. Conspiracy charges carry a similar sentence.