--- description: Both inmates worked in the tailor shop where Mitchell is an instructor title: Authorities Question Prison Worker in Escape of Convicted Killers image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt725332ec54a95db6/69885360f887dc2e24e90cfd/escaped-prisoners-new-york-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Authorities Question Prison Worker in Escape of Convicted Killers by [Richard Esposito and Elisha Fieldstadt/NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Richard Esposito and Elisha Fieldstadt/NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 9, 2015 4:37 PM CUT  Convicted murderers David Sweat (L) and Richard Matt are shown in this composite image. Convicted murderers David Sweat (L) and Richard Matt are shown in this composite image.New York State Police/Getty Images by [Richard Esposito and Elisha Fieldstadt/NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Richard Esposito and Elisha Fieldstadt/NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 9, 2015 4:37 PM CUT A woman who works in the maximum-security New York prison where two convicted murderers [escaped ](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/two-convicted-murderers-escape-new-york-prison-n370991 "undefined")is being questioned by state police as a person of interest, authorities said Tuesday. New York state police are talking with Joyce Mitchell, an employee of Clinton Correctional Facility’s tailor shop, as they try to figure out how the killers, Richard Matt and David Sweat, pulled off their daring prison break. Both inmates worked in the tailor shop where Mitchell is an instructor, according to police. Mitchell checked herself into the hospital with “a case of nerves” on Saturday, when the inmates were discovered to… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/prison-worker-joyce-mitchell-being-questioned-connection-brazen-escape-n372286?cid=par-time-article%5F20150609 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3914548/joyce-mitchell-question-prison-escape/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3914548/joyce-mitchell-question-prison-escape/"},"headline":"Authorities Question Prison Worker in Escape of Convicted Killers","datePublished":"2015-06-09T16:37:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:03:05.768Z","description":"Both inmates worked in the tailor shop where Mitchell is an instructor","url":"https://time.com/3914548/joyce-mitchell-question-prison-escape/","keywords":["Crime","New York","Prison"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt725332ec54a95db6/69885360f887dc2e24e90cfd/escaped-prisoners-new-york-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Richard Esposito and Elisha Fieldstadt/NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt725332ec54a95db6/69885360f887dc2e24e90cfd/escaped-prisoners-new-york-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"David Sweat Richard Matt Murderer Escaped Prison New York","caption":"David Sweat Richard Matt Murderer Escaped Prison New York","creditText":"New York State Police/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3914548/joyce-mitchell-question-prison-escape/","name":"Authorities Question Prison Worker in Escape of Convicted Killers"}}]}] ```