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And many slept with guns to be safe. as for david sweat, if he survives officials say his life will change permanently. >> his privileges will be limited. no more honor block. no more freedom of working in a tailor shop. he will be basically 24/7 lockdown for the rest of his life. >> what about some of the others? guard gene palmer has been charged with official misconduct and destroying evidence after admitting to unintentionally helping matt and sweat escape. palmer says he provided them with tools in exchange for information. that relationship with the inmates and corrections officers is th...

Stumbled upon really when they were helping the new york state police investigate the escape. and what they heard from employees at the prison in interviews was that there was a deeper corruption problem at this prison that there was crimes involving not only the inmates but also the employees. and also that these two prisoners in particular david sweat and richard matt one of the reasons why they had so many privileges we've talked so much that they were in this so-called honor block. one reason why was perhaps because they were involved in some of the criminality that was going on behind tho...

Is needed, then he's going to reform everything if that's what has to be done. >> investigators are also really looking into right now the relationships, we're not talking about the joyce mitchell relationship necessarily, but the relationship between guards and inmates. the fact they may have gotten too friendly in nature with these two guys because they were able to pull information out about what life is like beyond prison doors. get information about the hunting cabins and what the fields are like around the prison. where are these opportunities for this kind of idle kind of chat? >> i bel...

Close look at the companditions that prison. why were they allowed so much freedom on the honor block? why were they allowed to have hot plates? why were they allowed not to be checked upon every whour a light? and why were there allegedly two towers unattended on the night of the escape? page? >> that's what's just amazing. i want everybody to get a look at the cheering that we were talking about. mike cronyn, he is our affiliate wptz. earlier, he was reporting and we could see people cheering if we can throw that up for everybody, take a look at that. >> we are just outside the entrance of t...

And they were allowed more privileges? >> exactly. and people were outraged to know that two convicted murderers were allowed to be on this so-called honor block. and again, this honor block called a block party by some former corrections officers because the rules that were so lax. they were allowed to basically do anything, be outside of their cells, cook meals. we know that they were allowed access to the electrical box, ostensibly so they could cook meals but maybe we later learned that that may have had some doing, we don't know how that could have affected their escape but electrical box...