--- description: The prison has made repairs since the escape of Richard Matt and David Sweat title: Prison Where 2 Escaped Is Getting Back to Normal image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9af3e67adf05256/69885566e20a87d729a8bedd/clinton-correctional-facility.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Prison Where 2 Escaped Is Getting Back to Normal by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 19, 2015 4:27 PM CUT  Officers gather at Clinton Correctional Facility on June 18, 2015 in Dannemora, New York. Officers gather at Clinton Correctional Facility on June 18, 2015 in Dannemora, New York.Andrew Burton—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 19, 2015 4:27 PM CUT Clinton Correctional Facility is getting back to normal after the escape of two inmates from the maximum-security prison. Officials said in a press conference on Friday that it was necessary to keep the Dannemora, N.Y. prison on lockdown while structural repairs were made to the route Richard Matt and David Sweat used to break out, including fixing the cells, steam tunnels and pipe, concrete walls and manhole cover. Those repairs are now completed, and most normal operations have resumed. Prison visits restarted on Friday, and inmates took their lunch in the mess hall on Thursday and will return to educational and vocational programs next week. Matt and Sweat’s location remains unknown. Their accused accomplice, prison worker Joyce Mitchell, has been [charged](http://time.com/3920497/prison-break-joyce-mitchell/ "undefined") with promoting prison contraband and criminal facilitation. ### See the Path 2 Killers Took to Escape From a Maximum Security Prison  Gov. Andrew Cuomo tours the Clinton Correctional Facility, where two inmates escaped on Saturday, in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  A man-made hole in the wall of the escaped inmates' cell at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  The industrial area where inmates escaped to from a hole in their cell at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  Gov. Andrew Cuomo tours the escape route taken by two prisoners at the Clinton Correctional Facility on Saturday, in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  Gov. Andrew Cuomo tours the escape route taken by two prisoners at the Clinton Correctional Facility on Saturday, in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  Gov. Andrew Cuomo tours the escape route taken by two prisoners at the Clinton Correctional Facility on Saturday, in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  Governor Andrew Cuomo tours the escape route taken by two prisoners at the Clinton Correctional Facility on Saturday, in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  Governor Andrew Cuomo tours the escape route taken by two prisoners at the Clinton Correctional Facility on Saturday, in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  Gov. Andrew Cuomo tours the escape route taken by two prisoners at the Clinton Correctional Facility on Saturday, in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  Gov. Andrew Cuomo surveys the manhole where two prisoners resurfaced after escaping from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. 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