Unknown substance in letter sickens some at New York prison
Posted January 31, 2020 1:09 pm.
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DANNEMORA, N.Y. — Several employees at a maximum security New York prison fell ill Friday morning after a letter was opened that contained an unknown substance, state officials said.
An unknown number of people were taken to a hospital from the Clinton Correctional Facility Annex in Dannemora, New York. They are in stable condition, New York State Police said in a news release.
Neither state police nor the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision could immediately say how many people were affected or describe their symptoms.
An investigation is continuing.
The Annex is on the grounds of the Clinton Correctional Facility, the prison known for the “Shawshank Redemption”-style escape of two of its inmates in 2015 that has been dramatized in the Showtime miniseries “Escape at Dannemora.”
The Associated Press