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A New York prison worker who police say provided tools to help two convicted murders escape has been arrested. A New York state prison worker who police say provided tools to help two convicted murderers escape has been arrested.
Joyce Mitchell, 51, is charged with promoting prison contraband and criminal facilitation. Workshop instructor Joyce Mitchell, 51, is charged with promoting prison contraband and criminal facilitation.
Richard Matt and David Sweat escaped on Sunday from a New York prison using power tools. Richard Matt and David Sweat escaped on Sunday using power tools to cut through their cell walls at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora.
The pair have been the subject of massive manhunt for the past week. They are still at large. A massive manhunt is currently under way for the pair.
Prosecutors say Mrs Mitchell gave Matt and Sweat hacksaw blades and drill bits, but she did not provide the more powerful tools they used.
She also planned to be the pair's getaway driver but changed her mind at the last minute, investigators say.
Mrs Mitchell's family has said she would not have helped an escape.
The manhunt - involving hundreds of police officers searching stretching in New York state, Vermont and Canada - is now into its seventh day.