Former prison worker Joyce Mitchell pleaded guilty Tuesday to helping inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat escape from the Clinton Correctional facility in Dannemora, NY on June 6. Mitchell pleaded guilty to bringing contraband into a prison, a felony, and facilitation the escape.
Mitchell, 51, told investigators she was attracted to Matt, 49, who was shot and killed by federal marshals near the U.S./Canada border on June 26. Sweat, 34, was shot and captured 2 days later.
Mitchell, whose husband, Lyle, also worked at the prison, told investigators Matt made her “feel special.”
She said she complied with his request for oral sex and she gave him hand jobs under a large prison jacket to conceal their activities.
She said their steamy relationship began in April when Matt “grabbed me and kissed me.”
Retired detective David Bentley described Matt as “very handsome and, in all frankness, very well endowed. He gets girlfriends any place he goes.”
From The New York Times:
In May, he asked for oral sex, and she consented; she also groped his genitals in several instances, using a large prison coat to disguise their activities.
Ms. Mitchell also said that she took sexually charged photos for Mr. Sweat and wrote him provocative notes, but that she did not have sexual contact with him.
Mitchell faces 7 years in prison when she is sentenced next month.
