--- title: New York Prison Worker Reveals New Details of Inmates Escape description: She told investigators that she performed sexual acts on one of the prisoners canonical: https://time.com/3976414/new-york-prison-escape/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-29T10:04:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T09:41:14.513Z article:section: U.S. og:title: New York Prison Worker Reveals New Details of Inmates Escape og:description: She told investigators that she performed sexual acts on one of the prisoners og:url: https://time.com/3976414/new-york-prison-escape/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8af5825bcefd8802/698857dce53abad1ce4de4c5/joyce-mitchell2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: joyce mitchell clinton correctional og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: New York Prison Worker Reveals New Details of Inmates Escape twitter:description: She told investigators that she performed sexual acts on one of the prisoners twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8af5825bcefd8802/698857dce53abad1ce4de4c5/joyce-mitchell2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New York Prison Worker Reveals How She Became Embroiled in Escape Plan by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Jul 29, 2015 10:04 AM CUT  Joyce Mitchell, left appears with her lawyer Stephen Johnston before Judge Buck Rogers in Plattsburgh City Court on June 15, 2015 in Plattsburgh, New York. Joyce Mitchell, left appears with her lawyer Stephen Johnston before Judge Buck Rogers in Plattsburgh City Court on June 15, 2015 in Plattsburgh, New York.G.N. Miller—Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Jul 29, 2015 10:04 AM CUT Prison seamstress Joyce Mitchell, who pleaded guilty Tuesday to helping two inmates escape, told investigators that she performed sexual acts on one of the men and sent X-rated selfies to the other and knew the duo planned to kill her husband, police documents show. Mitchell, 51, told investigators that inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat nicknamed her husband, Lyle, “the glitch” and gave her small round pills to drug him with, according to statements obtained by NBC News that give dramatic new details of the breakout plot… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/new-york-prison-escape/sex-drugs-prison-seamstress-joyce-mitchells-confession-revealed-n399831?cid=par-time-article%5F20150729 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3976414/new-york-prison-escape/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3976414/new-york-prison-escape/"},"headline":"New York Prison Worker Reveals How She Became Embroiled in Escape Plan","datePublished":"2015-07-29T10:04:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:41:14.513Z","description":"She told investigators that she performed sexual acts on one of the prisoners","url":"https://time.com/3976414/new-york-prison-escape/","keywords":["Crime","New York"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8af5825bcefd8802/698857dce53abad1ce4de4c5/joyce-mitchell2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8af5825bcefd8802/698857dce53abad1ce4de4c5/joyce-mitchell2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"joyce mitchell clinton correctional","caption":"joyce mitchell clinton correctional","creditText":"G.N. Miller—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/3976414/new-york-prison-escape/","name":"New York Prison Worker Reveals How She Became Embroiled in Escape Plan"}}]}] ```