Ten years after Clinton Correctional escape, Dannemora still feels the impacts [Video]

TENSIONS BETWEEN THE U-S AND CANADA… HAVE LIKELY LED FEWER CANADIANS TO VISIT BURLINGTON. TEN YEARS LATER, THE ESCAPE FROM CLINTON CORRECTIONAL IS STILL MAKING WAVES IN DANNEMORA. FROM SECURITY UPGRADES TO PUBLIC PERCEPTION… LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERS SAY THE COMMUNITY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE 3-WEEK MANHUNT FOR RICHARD MATT AND DAVID SWEAT. NBC5’S CHARLOTTE HANCOX REPORTS ON THE CHANGES IMPLEMENTED AND THE CURRENT STATUS OF THOSE INVOLVED. THE 2015 ESCAPE LED TO MORE ADVANCED SECURITY PROTOCOLS AT CLINTON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. A YEAR AFTER THE ESCAPE, THE INSPECTOR GENERAL BLAMED “SYSTEMIC FAILURES” FOR THE BREAK OUT. TWO PRISON EMPLOYEES WERE CHARGED WITH AIDING THE ESCAPE. JOYCE MITCHELL, FOR GIVING THE INMATES HACKSAW BLADES, WHICH THEY USED TO CUT THE WALLS IN THEIR CELLS. AND GENE PALMER, FOR ACCEPTING GIFTS FROM THE INMATES, AND LETTING THEM BYPASS METAL DETECTORS. THE I-G CALLED IT A “CULTURE OF CARELESSNESS”, THAT ALLOWED FOR THIS …