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Corrections. how much oversight is there within these prisons? >> oh, my goodness. they are daily that theyre doing audits on reports that are submitted by each facility. atica, sing-sing, down the line, data reports on staffing. number of posts closed. overtime hours. unusual incidents. misbehavior reports. accidents. all that stuff is being submitted. it is supposed to be looked at by central office personnel of the rank of assistant commissioner. >> keith, what do you make of the security pro...

Book...book...book! over 200 sites checked to find the best price. so dont just visit tripadvisor... book at tripadvisor. big changes to the prison in dannemora. new york state corrections department named a new superintendent. in addition every cell gets a weekly inspection. all tunnels inspected monthly instead of twice yearly before the escape. so many lingering doubts about this prison. joining a former sergeant there, jeff dumas, and keith provost, and patrick dunleavy. patrick, so accord...

Weekly inspection. all tunnels inspected monthly instead of twice yearly before the escape. so many lingering doubts about this prison. joining a former sergeant there, jeff dumas, and keith provost, and patrick dunleavy. patrick, so according to records which were obtained from the prison. corrections officers have been raising concerns for years about lax security. specifically weaknesses in the tailor shop where both worked and along with joyce mitchell. what do you make of that? >> well i th...

Though particular concerns are valid. how often do audits happen from the new york state department of corrections. how much oversight is there within these prisons? >> oh my goodness. they are daily that theyre doing audits on reports that are submitted by each facility. atica, sing-sing, down the line data reports on staffing. number of posts closed. overtime hours. unusual incidents. misbehavior reports. accidents. all that stuff is being submitted. it is supposed to be looked at by central o...

And then walk done to the next cell. thats just a problem. thats not the way it should be done. >> again. we are still learning so much about. not only what happened to the two guys but inside the prison. appreciate all of you, jeff dumas, keith provost, pat dunlevy. matts escape as well as sick, vicious life ended down the road from the trailer where he spent his final days and left clues to what the days are like. gary tuchman takes you inside. we want to warn you one of the images you will se...

Correction officer, firm fair consistent. as owe opposed to hard nosed cynic or sucker. >> keith, these guys were able to do a practice run we learned the night before the actual escape. left clothes in their bed made it look like they were sleeping. you worked the overnight shift as a correction officer there, can you describe the process of night counts and are officers allowed, can they go into individual cells if they think something is suspicious? >> no not on night shift. we would have to ...