with being caught. the district attorney tells abc news sweat was hiding in a hunting tree stand as an officer walked past him. sweat says while on the run he learned officers had killed richard matt and pressed on to the canadian border until a state police officer shot and wounded him. she in albany medical center in a lockdown section only for prisoners. >> how confident do we feel this patient is not going to escape from the hospital? very confident. >> reporter: the medical director says in this lockdown section of the hospital two guards watch each patient, inmates are often shackled. a jail been a hospital. >> there's a door that opens and closes. there's the sound of the rattling of the cage the turning over the wallet and the keys. so you know you can't help but feel this is a different unit. once you get to the patient room it is about taking care of the patients. >> reporter: david sweat is not expected to be released from the hospital this evening here east coast time in the united states. he is expected to stay here for