N.Y. Prison Break: Tailor Passed Hacksaw Blades In Meat, Source Says

REPORT: Prison Employee Hid Hacksaw Blades In Frozen Hamburger Meat
PLATTSBURGH, NY - JUNE 15: Joyce Mitchell (L) appears before Judge Buck Rogers in Plattsburgh City Court on June 15, 2015 in Plattsburgh, New York. Mitchell allegedly aided inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat in their escape from Clinton Correctional Facility. They were discovered missing the morning of June 6. (Photo by G.N. Miller - Pool/Getty Images)
PLATTSBURGH, NY - JUNE 15: Joyce Mitchell (L) appears before Judge Buck Rogers in Plattsburgh City Court on June 15, 2015 in Plattsburgh, New York. Mitchell allegedly aided inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat in their escape from Clinton Correctional Facility. They were discovered missing the morning of June 6. (Photo by G.N. Miller - Pool/Getty Images)

Prison tailor Joyce Mitchell admits to putting hacksaw blades into frozen hamburger meat, according to a law enforcement official. Mitchell then asked Gene Palmer, a prison guard, to carry the meat into Clinton Correctional Facility and pass it to Richard Matt, the source said.

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