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Fallout, jason, at the prison as a result. tell us about that? >> reporter: yeah, an on going investigation that's been taking place now. there's been some allegations that promise some of the prison guards on the honor block were sleeping when they should have been checking on inmates. they're going to be looking into that. so far, as a result, 12 employees have been placed on administrative leave, including the prison superintendent and his deputy. and the investigation is still not over. >> jason carroll reporting for us. i want to bring in a former inmate at the clinton correctional faci...

Between that manhole and the tunnel system. >> it certainly says a lot about security in the honor block and the prison itself. the question is 12 people who had the duty of keeping this sort of thing from happening, how did they let this happen? they were put on forced leave including the summit and his deputy. and that's not all. we're also learning how long in the making and digging this escape may actually have been. what have you heard about how long they were doing this? >> it's really interesting. we're at the time line. investigators believe matt and sweat were gathering information ab...

If he was dressed to be hidden there in the woods. he was a man who lived a very, very violent life and he came to a violent end. >> thank you, jason, for that. a stung shake-up in prison leadership. three top clinton correctional officials are now on paid leave, along with nine members of the security staff. we are also hearing from the brother of the sheriff's deputy murdered by david sweat. he is furious at all of the privileges that sweat had in the prison's honor block. >> we were told he would look at cells, the cell the whole time. and that is all he would ever do is look at a cell, l...

Check every cell once a week to make sure inmates are not chiseling away at the laws. truly they had to have a new rule to check the wall. construction workers at the prison will now have to store their tools in an area where the inmates cannot grab them. that would not have stopped the killers from getting their hands on the hacksaws. which a prison worker allegy smuggled inside hamburger mean. they shut down the honor block where a man who chopped up a guy and put him in a trunk and the other guy who killed a guy were able to get special privileges. you can cook in the cell. you get conjugal...

Randomly for contraband is tripled. there's an fbi investigation going on whether there was heroin trading going on. inspections of boxes brought in by contractors are going to be enhanced. they are going to be sure there are not tools in the box unneeded for a particular job. the honor block, the one where matt and sweat used to live themselves that's no more. all inmates are subject to the same security restrictions pending further review. >> what's the story with sweat? >> well the story of sweat is his condition is still -- he'll be in the hospital a few more days. he has been talking. he'...