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The New York State Department of Corrections says escaped killer David Sweat has been discharged from the infirmary at the Five Points Correctional Facility in Romulus and will be housed in the prison's Special Housing Unit.

The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision says it has placed three members of the Clinton Correctional Facility's Executive Team and nine security staff employees on administrative leave.

David Sweat, one of the two killers who escaped from a maximum-security state prison, may have had an important advantage in living in the North Country while on the run.

The more than three week manhunt for two escaped prisoners from Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York concluded this weekend with both being shot in separate incidents, and only one surviving.

UPDATE: 06/29/2015 4:04am  David Sweat was transported to Albany Medical Center overnight.  He is listed in critical condition.

Police searching for two inmates who escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility have shot one of the men and are involved in a chase with the other.

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 Today we talk with Oneida County Sheriff Rob Maciol about the bomb threat at Griffiss. We also will speak with one of the many candidates running for Herkimer County Sheriff, and Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente will be on to talk about a number of issues.

State Police investigators believe the two escaped killers in northern New York spent time at a cabin just 20 miles from the prison where they escaped from.

The search for the two convicted murders who escaped from a northern New York prison two weeks ago now also includes an area near the New York - Pennsylvania border.

LINDLEY, N.Y. (AP) — New York State Police are investigating a possible sighting of the two convicted killers who escaped from an upstate New York prison two weeks ago.