Escaped Convicts Swapped Celebrity Portrait Paintings for Tools

According to the New York Times, prison guard Gene Palmer gave Matt and his fellow jailbird David Sweat a screwdriver and pliers, among other favors, in exchange for a dozen amateurish drawings and paintings Palmer later described as being “elaborate.” The two inmates used the screwdriver and pliers (along with other tools) to escape from the Clinton Correctional Facility in northern New York on June 6.
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