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FBI Launches Prison Corruption Probe

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Investigating how the convicts escaped.

The FBI is looking into charges of corruption inside the New York prison that two inmates escaped from earlier this month. According to CNN sources, employees of Clinton Correctional Facility have told investigators that staff and inmates traffic and sell drugs. These findings were unearthed during a manhunt for escaped killers Richard Matt, who was killed Friday, and David Sweat, who was captured on Sunday. Now the FBI is seeking answers to how prison employees smuggled in contraband and helped the pair escape.

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