--- description: Prison escapee David Sweat was discharged from the hospital and moved to a maximum security facility, officials said Sunday. title: Prison Escapee David Sweat Is Back in Jail image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa5e2b81457b9bfc/69885992cd684802a50a0a96/david-sweat.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Prison Escapee David Sweat Is Back in Jail ## Video: Escaped Inmate David Sweat Shot, Ending 3-Week Manhunt [Watch (HLS stream): Escaped Inmate David Sweat Shot, Ending 3-Week Manhunt](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/mKptD12U.m3u8) (1:17)  _Published 2015-06-28. New York prison escapee David Sweat has been shot and arrested, ending a three-week manhunt._  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 5, 2015 3:47 PM CUT  Police stand over David Sweat after he was shot and captured near the Canadian border June 28, 2015, in Constable, N.Y. Police stand over David Sweat after he was shot and captured near the Canadian border June 28, 2015, in Constable, N.Y.AP  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 5, 2015 3:47 PM CUT New York prison escapee David Sweat, who was shot and captured last week after a weeks-long manhunt, [has been discharged from the hospital and moved to a new maximum security prison](http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/05/us/new-york-prison-break/index.html "undefined"), officials said on Sunday. Sweat was moved overnight from the Albany Medical Center to the Five Points Correctional Facility in Romulus, a town of 4,000-some people in central New York, CNN reports. The Five Points Correctional Facility is about 200 miles southwest of the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, where Sweat and his fellow inmate, Richard Matt, [escaped](http://time.com/3913559/prison-escape-new-york-richard-matt-david-sweat-graphic/ "undefined") on June 6\. Matt was [shot dead](http://time.com/3938631/richard-matt-prison-escape-shot-new-york/ "undefined") by police on June 26, two days before police shot and captured Sweat. Sweat is being evaluated in the infirmary, after which he will be transferred to a “single cell” in a 23-hour confinement facility, officials said. He has also been placed on suicide watch in a cell officials said is designed to “limit movement.” Two prison workers have been [arrested](http://time.com/3917563/prison-worker-planned-driver/ "undefined") in connection with the escape, while a dozen prison officials, including the prison chief, have been placed on administrative leave. \[[_CNN_](http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/05/us/new-york-prison-break/index.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3945952/david-sweat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3945952/david-sweat/"},"headline":"Prison Escapee David Sweat Is Back in Jail","datePublished":"2015-07-05T15:47:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:58:10.968Z","description":"Sweat was shot and captured last week","url":"https://time.com/3945952/david-sweat/","keywords":["Crime","New York","States"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa5e2b81457b9bfc/69885992cd684802a50a0a96/david-sweat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa5e2b81457b9bfc/69885992cd684802a50a0a96/david-sweat.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Escaped Prisoners david sweat","caption":"Escaped Prisoners david sweat","creditText":"AP","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/3945952/david-sweat/","name":"Prison Escapee David Sweat Is Back in Jail"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Escaped Inmate David Sweat Shot, Ending 3-Week Manhunt","description":"New York prison escapee David Sweat has been shot and arrested, ending a three-week manhunt.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/mKptD12U/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-28T21:40:17.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/mKptD12U.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3945952/david-sweat/","duration":"PT1M17S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3945952/david-sweat/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```