'Escape at Dannemora': Joyce 'Tillie' Mitchell's journey from pleading 'not guilty' to landing in prison

It was through Joyce Mitchell's confession that the biggest secret catalyst helping Richard Matt and David Sweat break out of the facility was revealed
PUBLISHED DEC 28, 2018

Ben Stiller has done a marvelous job at toning down the sensationalization of the infamous 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility, New York prison break through his on-screen adaptation of the true-crime story in his Showtime production 'Escape at Dannemora'. But no amount of pacing out the action and making the seven-part limited series mostly about the planning could reduce the added sensational aspect of prison employee Joyce 'Tillie' Mitchell being involved in a love triangle between the escaped inmates, Richard Matt and David Sweat.

It was through her confession and the explicit details she provided that the biggest secret catalyst helping Matt and Sweat break out of the facility was revealed.

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