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For many upstate New York residents, the woman who helped two convicted killers escape from a maximum-security prison is getting off easy.
In the days following Joyce Mitchell’s guilty plea in connection with her role in the Clinton Correctional Facility prison escape, residents and local officeholders in the area surrounding the prison have expressed dissatisfaction not only with her sentence but also with the fact that she will keep her state pension.
“I think I have to agree with most of the constituents of Clinton County—it seems more than just a bit light,” said James Langley, a member of the Clinton County Legislature, from Peru, N.Y.
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Joyce Mitchell, the former New York prison worker accused of helping two convicted murderers escape maximum security, pleads guilty in court on Tues., July 28. Photo: Reuters
Under a plea deal, Ms. Mitchell agreed to a prison term of 21/3 to seven years and a $6,000 fine. Ms. Mitchell, a former civilian supervisor in a tailor shop in the prison, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single charge each of promoting prison contraband and criminal facilitation.
With her help, convicted murderers David Sweat and Richard Matt broke out from the prison June 6 in Dannemora, N.Y., in Clinton County and led hundreds of officers on a manhunt that rattled upstate residents for more than three weeks. Ms. Mitchell admitted to providing Messrs. Sweat and Matt with hacksaw blades, chisels, a punch tool and a screwdriver bit.
A spokeswoman for the New York state Office of the Comptroller, which oversees the state’s pension funds, confirmed Mr. Mitchell would be able to collect her pension.
“That’s probably the thing that people are most vocal about,” said Colin Read, a member of the Clinton County Legislature from Plattsburgh.
The state constitution protects most state employees from having to forfeit their pensions even if they are convicted of crimes, a spokeswoman for the comptroller’s office said. The state Legislature passed a law in 2011 that would reduce or revoke the pensions of public employees convicted of certain crimes, but it only applies to workers who entered the state retirement system after that law went into effect.
“As a taxpayer, it’s offensive to me,” said Mr. Langley.
Ms. Mitchell, 51 years old, was suspended without pay June 12 and she resigned June 25. She earned $57,697 as an industrial-training supervisor in the prison, according to the New York state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. She had worked at the prison in Dannemora since 2008.
Ms. Mitchell can begin receiving pension benefits at age 55 at a reduced rate. She can receive her full benefits if she begins collecting at the age of 62.
Matt Molnar, a pastor from Malone, N.Y., in neighboring Franklin County, said Ms. Mitchell’s sentence “seems a little light” considering how significantly she aided the inmates’ escape and the possibility that people could have been hurt or killed during the manhunt.
Without Ms. Mitchell’s help, the breakout “never would have happened, most likely,” said Mr. Molnar. “That’s a pretty pivotal part she played, to say the least.”
Her attorney Stephen Johnston said her cooperation with the police needs to be taken into account.
“I think what you have to bear in mind here is this woman has never been arrested or never been in trouble in her life before. No one seems to pay any attention to that,” Mr. Johnston said. “She did her best by giving up her right to remain silent, going over and over and over again back to the police to give them as much information as she could, to help them in their efforts to try to capture these guys.”
Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie declined to comment. Mr. Wylie said Tuesday at a news conference: “I feel that we resolved this manner in the best light possible.”
He said he could have asked the court to impose a restitution figure on Ms. Mitchell to offset the cost the state incurred during the weekslong manhunt. But he said he didn’t think that was appropriate to include in the plea disposition.
“If people don’t like the way I handled this case, they can vote differently in 2017,” Mr. Wylie said.
Some residents said they reluctantly accepted Ms. Mitchell’s punishment and were glad that the county was spared an expensive trial.
“I think probably the crime warranted a longer sentence,” said Mark Dame, a member of the Clinton County Legislature, from Plattsburgh. “But I don’t believe that the district attorney had much leeway there to take it to trial and create a much more costly endeavor on top of the millions of dollars the taxpayers spent searching for the convicts that escaped because of her help.”
Clinton County Legislators also cried foul over the possibility that the county may get stuck with Ms. Mitchell’s legal bills. The Plattsburgh City Court Judge assigned attorney Mr. Johnston to represent her because she said she couldn’t afford to pay for her own attorney.
“I’ve been told by the administrator of the assigned counsel plan that the county will pay the bill,” Mr. Johnston said. He said he would be paid $75 an hour. He said he hasn’t calculated how many hours he has worked on the case to date. “Obviously it’s a lot better and cheaper than if we had a trial, right?” Mr. Johnston said.
Ms. Mitchell is scheduled to be sentenced in Clinton County Court on Sept. 28.
“It’s outrageous the taxpayers would have to pay for her legal fees,” Mr. Dame said. He said Clinton County would check to see whether it could contest the court’s decision to assign counsel for Ms. Mitchell.
—Kate King contributed to this article.
Write to Joseph De Avila at joseph.deavila@wsj.com
