Joyce Mitchell sentenced for aiding two murderers escape from prison

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — A former New York prison worker who helped two murderers escape from a maximum-security lockup has been sentenced to up to seven years behind bars.
Fifty-one-year-old Joyce Mitchell wiped away tears and apologized as she was sentenced Monday to 2 1/3 to seven years in prison under terms of a plea deal with prosecutors this summer.
She pleaded guilty to charges related to providing tools to Richard Matt and David Sweat, who broke out of the Clinton Correctional Faci