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New York escapee David Sweat has been shot and is in custody, law enforcement sources tell CNN's Alexandra Field and Deborah Feyerick.

The escaped murderer was taken into custody about two miles from the Canadian border and was taken to a hospital, according to one law enforcement source.

His prison-break partner Richard Matt was killed by a tactical unit on Friday.

The pair broke out of the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, on June 6. Ref. CNN

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These men signed their deaths when they escaped. They probably didn't want to go back ever because they were already serving very long sentences and had nothing to lose. On the other hand, the woman who helped them escape will have many long years ahead of her in prison over this - poetic justice.

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David Sweat is still alive its just that he is in critical condition so he is not deda yet according to USA Today.

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Captured prison escapee David Sweat is talking to authorities, a source close to the investigation tells CNN.

Sweat has told authorities the plan was for prison employee Joyce Mitchell to pick up him and fellow inmate Richard Matt after their escape and head to Mexico. According to the source, when Mitchell didn't show up, Sweat and Matt had to improvise.

The two were together until five days ago when Sweat decided to leave Matt because he was slowing him down, the source said. Ref. CNN

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N.Y. Prison chief placed on leave after escape

The superintendent and 11 other officials at a New York prison have been placed on administrative leave, fallout from the escape this month of two killers. Steven Racette, the superintendent at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, two other high-level administrators in the prison and nine security officers are on leave "As part of the ongoing review" The state Department of Corrections said in a brief statement. Ref. USAToday

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David Sweat, one of two killers who eluded capture for three weeks after escaping from Clinton Correctional Facility in New York last month, was released from a hospital Sunday and returned to prison, authorities said. The other escapee, Richard Matt, was fatally shot by U.S. Border Patrol officers nine days ago. Ref. USAToday

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CIA Torture Tactics Reemerge in New York Prison:

Over 60 inmates at New York's Clinton Correctional Facility have complained of abuse by prison guards in the wake of the June escape of convicted killers David Sweat and Richard Matt. Ref. Source 4g

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Barr cites 'failure' at NYC jail that held Epstein

Attorney General William Barr said investigators are learning of "Serious irregularities" at the New York jail where accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was found dead of an apparent suicide over the weekend.

"We are now learning of serious irregularities at this facility that are deeply concerning and demand a thorough investigation," Barr told a national policing conference in New Orleans on Monday morning.

Barr said he was "Appalled" and "Angry" to learn of the Metropolitan Correctional Center's "Failure to adequately secure this prisoner." Ref. CNN.