Prosecutors have previously said
prison tailor shop employee Joyce Mitchell got close to the men and agreed to be their getaway driver but backed out because she felt guilty.
Burks worked in
the prison tailor shop, the suit says, under civilian employee Joyce Mitchell and with Matt.
Nearly one year ago, with the help of
a prison tailor shop instructor and a correction officer, Richard Matt and David Sweat cut into their cell walls and into a steam pipe and crawled through it to emerge through a manhole on a street in the village of Dannemora.
The head of
the prison tailoring shop, Joyce Mitchell, is accused of helping the inmates escape.
Not exact matches
The «Dannemora Duo» were allegedly allowed to wear regular clothing in addition to their
prison attire and worked with civilians at the
prison's
tailor shop where they befriended Joyce Mitchell, who allegedly helped the killers escape from the maximum security
prison.
The former
tailor shop instructor at Clinton Correctional Facility said fear was the main reason she helped Richard Matt and David Sweat break out of the maximum - security Dannemora
prison — fear that they would kill her husband if she didn't.