Official: Prison chief, 11 others put on leave after escape

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

ALBANY, N.Y. -- The superintendent at the prison where two killers broke out has been placed on leave along with his security chief and 10 other staff members amid an internal investigation into how the inmates pulled it off, a state official said Tuesday.

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