eric jensen also worked in the tailor shop with the fugitives and joyce mitchell. supervisor. jensen said many believe sweat was having a sexual relationship with mitchel. >> she used to keep them back from the mess hall when we would come back from the mess hall for lunch, and she would keep him there and he would eat all kinds of chicken and other meals. that i remember specifically. >> for david sweat? >> yes. it was like the handsome jock on the football team asking the fatty to the prom. >> did people joke? >> yeah, yeah, we would all joke. we used to call her his boo. >> his boo? >> his girlfriend. >> did you ever ask him, are you having a relationship with her? >> yeah, and he never confirmed it or denied it. >> mitchell's attorney denies she ever had a sexual relationship with sweat. but whatever it was raised eyebrows and led to sweat being moved out of the tailor shop in 2013. and with sweat out of there, richard matt could make his move. matt is known as a lady's man, a charmer, who befriends mitchell. in 2013, the two start a sexual relationship, accord

and that's where their friend joyce mitchell would come in. to involve joyce directly in their plot began, oddly enough, when sweat was abruptly removed from the tailor shop in september 2014. >> he was actually taken out of the shop because he had made a comment to my supervisor about another civilian. and my supervisor wrote him up for that. >> reporter: that meant sweat was reassigned, and he lost the prison wage that bought him favors and relative comfort on the inside. >> when mr. sweat was removed from the shop, i guess i felt bad because even though he's an inmate just like you or i, you know, if we lost our jobs, we'd want someone to help us. >> reporter: as joyce took pity on sweat, jeffrey dumas says that was the perfect moment for richard matt to step in. >> then inmate matt sees his opportunity to be the go-between between her and sweat. because matt and sweat lived in the same block. so whatever type of friendship that she had with sweat, matt took the opportunity to prey on her. >> reporter: matt decided to test her by tugging on

and that's where their friend joyce mitchell would come in. involve joyce directly in their plot began, oddly enough, when sweat was abruptly removed from the tailor shop in september 2014. >> he was actually taken out of the shop because he had made a comment to my supervisor about another civilian. and my supervisor wrote him up for that. >> reporter: that meant sweat was reassigned, and he lost the prison wage that bought him favours and relative comfort on the inside. >> when mr. sweat was removed from the shop and i guess i felt bad, because even though he's an inmate just like you or i, you know, if we lost our jobs, we'd want someone to help us. >> reporter: as joyce took pity on sweat, jeffrey dumas says that was the perfect moment for richard matt to step in. >> then inmate matt sees his opportunity to be the go between her and sweat, because matt and sweat lived in the same block. so whatever type of friendship that she had with sweat, matt took the opportunity to prey on her. >> reporter: matt decided to test her by tugging on her h

take the zantac it challenge. >>> reporter: as the days grew longer and spring filled the air, joyce mitchellays david sweat's and richard matt's dream of escape with joyce herself as the getaway driver was becoming more real. >> i was told i was going to go live a happy life with them. >> reporter: the only fly in the ointment, she says they told her, was her partner of 21 years, lyle. >> mr. matt said he was going to kill my husband. >> reporter: they wanna kill your husband. >> yes. >> reporter: in fact, joyce says matt had figured out how to carry out the killing once the two inmates made it out. she says he wanted to push lyle off a high rockface and needed joyce's help. >> he wanted me to find a cliff to put my husband over. and i'm like, "i'm not doin' that." >> reporter: in the car? push him? >> in the truck. >> reporter: joyce says she refused so matt came up with a new plan. >> mr. matt wanted me to give my husband some pills. >> reporter: and it could -- >> to knock him out. >> reporter: then, joyce says, once the prisoners got into her jeep on the night of the escape, the first st

built for business. >> reporter: as the days grew longer and spring filled the air, joyce mitchell saysavid sweat's and richard matt's dream of escape with joyce herself as the getaway driver was becoming more real. >> i was told i was going to go live a happy life with them. >> reporter: the only fly in the ointment, she says they told her, was her partner of 21 years, lyle. >> mr. matt said he was going to kill my husband. >> they want to kill your husband. >> yes. >> reporter: in fact, joyce says matt had figured out how to carry out the killing once the two inmates made it out. she says he wanted to push lyle off a high rockface and needed joyce's help. >> he wanted me to find a cliff to put my husband over. and i'm like, i'm not doing that. >> reporter: in the car? push him? >> in the truck. >> reporter: joyce says she refused so matt came up with a new plan. >> mr. matt wanted me to give my husband some pills. to knock him out. >> reporter: then, joyce says, once the prisoners got into her jeep on the night of the escape, the first stop would be her home. >> reporter: you would ha

joyce mitchell was sent to the bedford hills correctional facility yesterday. she admitted to smuggling tools into the prison where she once worked for inmates david sweat and richard matt. she was sentenced to up to seven years behind bars and will not be eligible for parole until 2017. >>> one queens lawmaker wants new york state to stop setting bail for people charged with crimes. he wants people accused of serious crimes just jailed outright. defendants could be released or face supervision for lesser crimes. no money would be involved though. he tells "the wall street journal" bail is often used to imprison people before they're found guilty. >>> police are now investigating the mother accused of tossing her newborn daughter to her death in the bronx. jennifer berry pleaded not guilty to murder charges after allegedly tossing her daughter from a seventh floor window on monday. prosecutors are reopening the investigation into the death of her son. the 2 1/2-week-old boy was found dead in the basement of her home in 2008. a medical examiner at the time ruled

federal officials un insist indian >>> joyce mitchell was sent to the bedford hills correctional facility yesterday. mitchell had admitted to smuggling tools into the prison where she once worked for inmates david sweat and richard matt. matt was killed and sweat recaptured about three weeks after escaping. >>> new this morning, mayor de blasio is helping department of transportation crews pave some roads on staten island. these pictures were taken in the pothole ridden stretch of arthur kill road. that's in rossville. this is all part of a city wide project. back in may, the mayor announced he had allocated more than $240 million in the budget to pave 500 additional miles of roads over the next two years. >>> now, film crews are shooting the movie that depicts the miracle on the hudson. cameras from the top of the rock here in the comcast building captured the activity on the hudson yesterday afternoon. the scene may look familiar to you. it's for the movie, though. that's a barge for the clint eastwood directed film. it's set up on the river off west 38th street. filming is expected to

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