THERE'S A KILLER ON THE ROAD & OTHER PRISON ESCAPES

[HairOfTheDog]

A second prison worker has been arrested. Apparently one of the things he did was give the prisoners access to tha catwalk.

It's the same guy that was put on administrative leave and was being questioned last week, 27 year Corrections Dept. veteran Gene Palmer.


^ Palmer is charged with destroying evidence, promoting dangerous prison contraband, and official misconduct.

District Attorney Andrew Wylie said, "She (Joyce Mitchell) put the hacksaw blades and put the other screwdriver bits in hamburger, froze it and then brought it into the facility," ... The correction officer, Gene Palmer, came, collected it and then brought it to Matt."

Asked if he believes Palmer did that unwittingly, Wylie replied, "Yes. Without knowing that the tools were inside the meat." (HOTD: Palmer failed to run the meat through the metal detector, as required by policy, according to my understanding.)

Palmer is also alleged to have escorted the inmates out onto a catwalk behind their adjoining cells to fix electrical breakers so they could use hot plates.

He was arraigned and released early thisy morning after posting $25,000 bail he put on his credit card, a correction guard at the local jail told CBS News.

If convicted, Palmer faces a maximum sentence of 1-1/3 to 4 years on the felonies of tampering with physical evidence and 2-1/3 to 7 years on the charge of promoting prison contraband.

He's actually facing more charges than Joyce Mitchell. Palmer and his attorney insist that he was manipulated by Joyce Mitchell and had no knowledge of the escape plan.

Ref: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/guard-gene-p...ny-prison/