--- description: Joyce Mitchell has been charged in the escape of two convicts in New York. title: Prison Worker 'Distraught' and 'Weepy' as Husband Visits Jail image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Prison Worker 'Distraught' and 'Weepy' as Husband Visits Jail by [Erik Ortiz / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Erik Ortiz / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 15, 2023 12:07 AM CUTPublished: Jun 16, 2015 11:10 PM CUT by [Erik Ortiz / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Erik Ortiz / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 15, 2023 12:07 AM CUTPublished: Jun 16, 2015 11:10 PM CUT The husband of prison worker Joyce Mitchell visited her behind bars Tuesday for the first time since her arrest for allegedly helping to spring [two inmates](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/new-york-prison-escape "undefined") from an upstate New York lockup. But an attorney for Lyle Mitchell knocked down earlier claims that he was standing by his wife. “Nothing could be further from the truth,” said lawyer Peter Dumas, adding that his client said, “There’s no way I’m standing behind her.” Dumas said Lyle Mitchell simply wanted to ask his wife some lingering questions — in light of reports that she… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/new-york-prison-escape/arrested-prison-worker-joyce-mitchell-distraught-weepy-after-inmates-escape-n376496?cid=par-time-article%5F20150616 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3923731/joyce-mitchell-husband-new-york-prison-escape/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3923731/joyce-mitchell-husband-new-york-prison-escape/"},"headline":"Prison Worker 'Distraught' and 'Weepy' as Husband Visits Jail","datePublished":"2015-06-16T23:10:48.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-15T00:07:22.000Z","description":"Joyce Mitchell has been charged in the escape of two convicts in New York","url":"https://time.com/3923731/joyce-mitchell-husband-new-york-prison-escape/","keywords":["Crime","Prison"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Erik Ortiz / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"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/3923731/joyce-mitchell-husband-new-york-prison-escape/","name":"Prison Worker 'Distraught' and 'Weepy' as Husband Visits Jail"}}]}] ```