06-11-2015, 12:47 PM
Record Breaking Prison Breaking -- UPDATE
Matt and Sweat have set the record for the longest jailbreak in New York state history. The longest previous escape from a New York prison lasted just three days, according to data from the New York Department of Corrections. Matt and Sweat have been out for six days now.
In the past decade, freedom lasted less than six hours for 60% of the 30 inmates who succeeded in breaking out.
Yesterday, authorities extended their hunt to Vermont after police revealed that the escaped prisoners had discussed heading to the rural state by a ferry 40 miles south of the prison.
“We have information that suggests that they thought New York was going to be hot,” said Vermont governor Peter Shumlin, “and Vermont would be cooler in terms of law enforcement and that a camp in Vermont might be a better place to be.”
Today, Hwy 374 in New York is shut and swarming with authorities and searchers after a canine reportedly picked up the escapees' scents about 5 miles from the prison in Dannemora and wrappers were found. Police don't know if Matt and Sweat bedded down there at first and then took off, or if they're instead hunkered down in that area.
New York governor Andrew Cuomo conceded on Wednesday that the investigations inside and outside the prison had yet to produce tangible clues.
This kinda surprised to read, in a good way: nationwide, the number of prison escapes has dropped sharply, from 100 inmates per 10,000 in the 1980s to one per 10,000.
Matt and Sweat have set the record for the longest jailbreak in New York state history. The longest previous escape from a New York prison lasted just three days, according to data from the New York Department of Corrections. Matt and Sweat have been out for six days now.
In the past decade, freedom lasted less than six hours for 60% of the 30 inmates who succeeded in breaking out.
Yesterday, authorities extended their hunt to Vermont after police revealed that the escaped prisoners had discussed heading to the rural state by a ferry 40 miles south of the prison.
“We have information that suggests that they thought New York was going to be hot,” said Vermont governor Peter Shumlin, “and Vermont would be cooler in terms of law enforcement and that a camp in Vermont might be a better place to be.”
Today, Hwy 374 in New York is shut and swarming with authorities and searchers after a canine reportedly picked up the escapees' scents about 5 miles from the prison in Dannemora and wrappers were found. Police don't know if Matt and Sweat bedded down there at first and then took off, or if they're instead hunkered down in that area.
New York governor Andrew Cuomo conceded on Wednesday that the investigations inside and outside the prison had yet to produce tangible clues.
This kinda surprised to read, in a good way: nationwide, the number of prison escapes has dropped sharply, from 100 inmates per 10,000 in the 1980s to one per 10,000.