The prisoners were caught after a three-week manhunt. — -- A three-week manhunt for two escaped prisoners, called a "nightmare" by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, came to a violent end this past ...

David Sweat and Richard Matt's escape from the maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York baffled law enforcement and state officials in June 2015. The escape inspired the ...

Christopher Voss, part of an special operations unit of the U.S. Border Patrol, tells NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt about the dramatic moment he found himself face to face Richard Matt, one of ...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- The former prison tailor who helped two killers escape a maximum-security New York prison was released Thursday after more than four years behind bars. Joyce Mitchell, 55, was released ...

DANNEMORA, N.Y. -- A woman charged with helping two murderers escape from a maximum-security prison by providing them hacksaw blades, chisels and other tools made another court appearance Monday as a ...

DANNEMORA, N.Y. -- The woman charged with helping two murderers escape from a maximum-security prison in upstate New York had discussed with them a murder-for-hire plot involving her husband, ...

Two killers on the run from a northern New York prison for three weeks disagreed over whether to hole up in hunting cabin — one worried about being captured while the other suggested they could kill ...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- A range of new security measures is being put in place at a maximum-security prison to close gaps exploited by two inmates who escaped last month. The state correction department said ...

A convict, Richard Matt, who escaped the Dannemora prison last week, is an artist who loves to paint celebrities. Amongst his works are portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Oprah Winfrey, Julia Roberts, ...

Brian Scott Lorenz was convicted of killing a young mother near Buffalo in 1993. The district attorney is fighting a judge’s decision last year to throw out the case. By Jesse McKinley and Danny Hakim ...