Her involvement is vital because it was she who pointed out what master manipulators both Matt and Sweat were. The New York Inspector General heading the investigation, and the one who said Palmer should've had an idea about the meat being contraband, has already appeared quite a few number of times in the series adaptation of the incident. Do what you're told to do and get out." 3. "I think after nearly 30 years' experience in the state correctional facility on one side of the bars, he learned that the best way to do his time is to be very quiet. (Kept) very much to himself," as per NBC news. Initially, Palmer had claimed he had no clue about the hacksaw blades getting smuggled in through the frozen meat, but authorities leading the investigation believed he should have had a fair idea it all was contraband.Īs for his time served in prison, Clinton County Sheriff David Favro said: "He was very quiet. He was eventually sentenced to six months in Clinton Correctional Facility itself, but he walked out after serving just four months, on account of good behavior. Held with bail at $25,000 #prisonbreakny /0bxYRHWh1jĪs the show has already established, Matt somehow managed to convince the guard to unwittingly help the two inmates - both in for murder - by providing them with frozen hamburger meat, through which Tilly would smuggle the hacksaw blades in. Gene Palmer, 3 felonies and 1 misdemeanor. Clearly, Tilly wasn't the only one who was articulately manipulated by Matt, as security guard Palmer (played by David Morse) wasn't exempted from that either.Īfter the extensive investigation on Matt and Sweat's infamous prison escape that ended with a $23 million manhunt with Matt being shot to death at sight, and Sweat being shot shortly after and taken into custody, Palmer's role in their plan was brought to light. The accusations hurled from Lyle about this certain Palmer requires some elaboration. "I just want for us to be left alone," he said. What he did was ten times worse than what my wife did." At the time, Stiller's currently ongoing series on the incident was still under the works and speaking about that, Lyle shared with the outlet that he had refused to let them film in their home. While Tilly was still serving her time in 2017 at the Bedford Hills Correctional Center, 300 miles away from her and Lyle's home, he said "Palmer knew everything that was going on, but it was easier for them to put all the blame on my wife, not him. She has been inside for more than two years, but (Gene) Palmer (a guard at the facility who was involved in the plan too) only got six months - and was out in four." In 2015, when Tilly was denied parole, he told The Daily Mail: "All I want is for my wife to be coming home. While the latest news on him is from 2017, it is about his faith in Tilly and how much he loves her and believes she was manipulated to do whatever she did. Tilly was involved in a sexual relationship with both of them and was even supposed to provide them a ride after the two burrowed their way out of the facility.īut she never turned up, and by the looks of it, that's all Lyle Mitchell needs to believe in his wife. The whole basis of Tilly's involvement in Matt and Sweat's escape plans was her need for sexual gratification - for which the 50-something married mother would do pretty much anything, including supply tools to Matt, which the latter would eventually use to dig a tunnel out of the cells for his and Sweat's escape. His trust in his wife is kind of baffling, especially if one was to go by the way 'Escape at Dannemora' portrays him. Played by Eric Lange, Lyle is the docile, demure, and seemingly good-natured husband of Tilly. Now it's time we shed a little light on the people who, even though, did not actively participate in the plans, still very much made an impact on the whole incident 1. So far, we have reviewed how prison inmates Richard Matt (Benicio del Toro) and David Sweat (Paul Dano) managed to successfully pull off their elaborate escape plan with the help of the prison tailor shop employee Joyce 'Tilly' Mitchell (Patricia Arquette). While the true incident of the infamous 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape has raised conversations on the real-life stories behind the main characters involved, those sitting on the sidelines are no less intriguing. A lot of talk has been buzzing around the new Showtime series, 'Escape at Dannemora', especially because of what a dark, skillfully portrayed prison drama it is from Ben Stiller.
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