Part of the reason for the freedom, anderson. do we know if either joyce mitchell or gene palmer are suspected of being involved in this heroin ring or other illegal activity? that s one of the big concerns. the fbi has identified a couple prison employees other than mitchell and palmer. so the question the suggestion here is that problems run much deeper than just those two, two people who have now been arrested and charged, andersen.the new york inspector general is doing investigation into the security and lapse and escapes. we are just now learning more about david sweat and his movements inside the prison before he and matt broke out. deborah feyerick joins us now. this goes to what everyone is saying the amount of mobility inthe prison. he worked in the tailor shop. think of a long warehouse facility.
To find hotel savings up to 30%. book! book.book.book! over 200 sites checked to save up to 30%. so don t just visit tripadvisor. book at tripadvisor. the breaking news tonight, captured fugitive david sweat talking to authorities from his hospital bed. his condition upgradesed one of his reportedly self confessed enablers prison guard gene palmer was in court today. that s him heading to court. state police have a sworn statement from him detailing the favors he did for sweat and matt. the district attorney has says that sweat palmer was not involved in the actual escape
You have inmates from all different blocks working there. considered a plum assignment. it wasn t just people from the honor block. david sweat was very well regarded within the tailor shop. he could move easily between the different floors. talking to different inmates. prisoners from different blocks. he had very big access. so when you talk about the culture of the prison you have those who were well regarded and you have those who wanted to sort of befriend those additional inmates. because there was a hierarchy within the prison. there was a sense of who had the juice to get things done. access is sort of power inside. 100%. you are learning more about gene palmer. this is very interesting. gene palmer was an intelligence officer, what inmates call a snitch officer. his job was to collect intelligence. because of that he would go to the tailor shop. speak to the inmates from the various blocks. though he himself was also assigned to the honor block, the a block, he too was able to go
He left matt behind because the older fugitive richard matt was indeed slowing him down. and there is also focus on this person. the prison guard gene palmer. he is accused of giving matt the frozen meat containing power tools that were used to cut through the prison walls. according to the county prosecutor, he says palmer did not help the inmates break out of prison. he appeared in court monday but did not enter a plea. they are also looking into drug trafficking at the prison. employees have told investigators about inmates using heroin. officials are focussing on whether matt and sweat had greater freedom inside the prison because they were apparently involved with illegal activity with the guards the there s certainly a lot of questions surrounding the fugitives, three weeks on the run, including how they survived and everyone s wondering how they managed to elude police for so long. that is a question that will
Gene palmer what have you learned? so far hearing that sweat told authorities that gene palmer didn t know about the escape plan. so he was just as his statement to police said clueless about it and had just given them the tools not knowing what they were actually doing with them. that also backs up what the district attorney told me a while ago he passed a polygraph to that effect and they believed him. you have been following this manhunt closely what is mood like on the ground snow we saw anow? we saw a lot of people applauding police officers and law enforce snment. last night there was almost a parade like feel in ma len and dannemora. people were throwing candy. waving flags. and cheering at all the officers. just a really feeling of relief excitement some one said to me it feels like the super bowl. so it and then today was really more business as usual. kids were back to playing in the streets, i m hearing a lot of
I think the biggest thing was to actually see gene palmer. we hadn t seen him before. he did not enter a plea in this court and his attorney said that they were waving any more appearances. this is a very small court. this is justice court. now they are going now to county court. the district attorney said he will be convening a grand jury and taking it to the grand jury maybe not until a month from now because he has a new attorney and he wants him to have time to learn the case. what palmer s demeanor like during the proceeding? reporter were asking him questions on the way and he was not saying anything and he seemed stoic. that s a good word stoic. he seemed frozen in court. he seemed distressed uncomfortable and very scared to tell you the truth. he didn t speak to anyone except for the judge when i had to say a few words. when he arrived the media here absolutely surrounded him,
Investigators are also looking into alleged drug trafficking involving prison workers and inmates. and there is also focus on this man. prison guard gene palmer is accused of giving matt the froiszen meat containing power tools used to cut through those prison walls. according to the county pros krurt, sweat says palmer did not help them break out. palmer appeared in court on monday and did not enter a plea. david sweat was shot twice in the torso. it s important that he stays alive so they can learn more about how he broke out of prison. reporter: the prison break supposed to end in mexico instead, david sweat was captured two miles from the canadian border after three weeks on the run. authorities say sweat is talking, saying the plan was for prison employee joyce mitchell
Terms of what we understand that he is telling law enforcement everybody had been wondering whether joyce mitchell was plan a or a red herring. seems like she was really plan a. yeah for as intelligent as these guys are, breaking out of a maximum security prison evading police for three weeks, joyce mitchell was plan a. do you think joyce mitchell and gene palmer are as far as it goes as far as helpers inside the prison? i think others will be implicated that may or may not they played a role in this. some small thing that somebody did for them. when you add that up it s like building a wall. everybody i think provided a brick so to speak if their plan was complete. and i mean this thing it s obviously going going on a long time. you, you a all the law enforcement personnel have been working a lot of 30s, dangerous conditions what does it feel
Able to take shelter for sometime indoors. clearly officials believe he was sick because he got either drank bad water or bad food. had a reaction to it. also that clearly at some pin the he went off the rails and started drinking alcohol that didn t help his cause at all. fast night. miguel thank you. prison guard gene palmer in court today. a new attorney by his side. his lawyer waiving additional preliminary hearings. the case goes for to a grand jury which may not convene for a month according to andrew wily. not all he is saying about gene palmer. he passed that chopped meat not knowing it contained escape tools to rich are matt. for the latest on that. we are joined by a reporter for the albany times union. keisha i understand you are learning more about what sweat is telling authorities particularly
Beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. on us. get your first month s payment plus five years wear and tear coverage. make the most of summer. with volvo. the breaking news captured fugitive david sweat talking to authorities from his hospital bed. his condition upgraded. one of his reportedly self confessed enablers gene palmer