Sweat, captured last Sunday following a three-week manhunt, will
be locked up alone in a cell for 23 hours a day and placed on
suicide watch at Five Points Correctional Facility in Romulus, in
the state's Finger Lakes region, the Department of Corrections and
Community Supervision said.
Sweat, 35, and accomplice Richard Matt escaped from maximum security
Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York on June 6.
Matt, 49, was shot and killed by a federal agent on June 26 about 27
miles (43 km) away from the prison.
The pair, both convicted murderers, had lived in prison in so-called
honor housing which offered limited privileges to prisoners
considered to be well-behaved.
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In their brazen break-out, Matt and Sweat cut holes in their cell
walls, climbed down a catwalk, slipped through a steam pipe and
emerged from a manhole outside prison walls, authorities said.
Sweat, who was shot twice in the torso by a state police trooper
during his capture near the Canadian border, was released from
Albany Medical Center at about 3 a.m., the DOCCS said. The agency
did not disclose details of his transport to prison.
After a medical evaluation, Sweat will be held in Special Housing in
a cell equipped with a bed, writing platform, toilet, sink and
shower, prison authorities said. Opened in 2000, Five Points houses
1,294 inmates.
Honor housing at Clinton allowed Matt and Sweat to cook their own
meals, wear some street clothing and have more freedom of movement,
yard access and television and telephone time than the prison's
general population.
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Sweat will be charged with first-degree escape, authorities have
said. He is already serving life without parole for the murder of a
Broome County sheriff's deputy.
Two Clinton prison workers are charged with helping in the escape.
Corrections officer Gene Palmer and prison tailor shop supervisor
Joyce Mitchell are accused of smuggling hacksaw blades and a
screwdriver bit to the pair.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered an investigation of the
prison, where strict new security procedures have been implemented.
Its superintendent was replaced after he and 11 other employees were
put on administrative leave.
(Editing by Frances Kerry)
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