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   From: deplorable.redneck@nytimes.com   
      
   A fake identity, a pre-paid cell phone and secret notes   
   describing a kiss.   
      
   Those are the elements of a forbidden prison romance that has   
   prompted authorities to recommend more security improvements at   
   a New York facility that was center stage in a bizarre prison   
   break three years ago.   
      
   In a report released Friday, the New York state inspector   
   general revealed that changes made at the Clinton Correctional   
   Facility in the wake of a remarkable escape in 2015 did not put   
   an end to illicit relationships between inmates and employees.   
      
   In that escape, David Sweat and Richard Matt cut through steel   
   walls and made their way through a maze of tunnels before   
   escaping the Dannemora, New York prison. Joyce Mitchell, a   
   prison tailor who had personal relationships with the men, had   
   smuggled hacksaw blades for them and had also planned to be the   
   pair’s getaway driver, though she didn’t show up.   
      
   Thousands of agents took on a nationwide manhunt for weeks until   
   Matt was killed and Sweat was captured near the Canada border.   
   Mitchell confessed to helping the inmates and was sentenced to   
   up to seven years in state prison for promoting prison   
   contraband.   
      
   In the new report, which examines the current security at the   
   facility, authorities describe another relationship between a   
   prisoner and a worker in the same prison’s tailor shop.   
      
   The worker, Denise Prell, 39, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to 25   
   misdemeanor counts, including official misconduct, promoting   
   prison contraband and sexual abuse, authorities said. She was   
   released and will be sentenced November 13.   
      
   CNN has reached out to Prell’s attorney for comment, but did not   
   receive an immediate response Sunday.   
      
   Prior to her arrest, Prell had been chosen to be an assistant to   
   actress Patricia Arquette, who was filming a Showtime series   
   about the 2015 prison escape, the report says.   
      
   Using a fake name   
   Prell was hired three months after the first-ever escape in the   
   facility’s 170-year history. She was found to have “engaged in   
   an improper five-month relationship with an inmate” in 2017, the   
   report says.   
      
   The inmate, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter for a 2008   
   killing in Brooklyn, worked in the prison’s tailor shop and   
   trained other inmates. The pair met at the same tailor shop   
   where Mitchell met the prisoners she helped escape.   
      
   What began as just personal conversations and notes hidden under   
   a work clipboard turned into nearly a dozen phone calls over the   
   months.   
      
   She bought a pre-paid cell phone to receive calls from the   
   prison and used the name “Gwendolyn Freeman” to avoid being   
   discovered.   
      
   Her new alias was a combination of her middle name “and the   
   status — a free man — the inmate hoped to attain one day,” the   
   report says.   
      
   Authorities said they discovered more than 25 cards or letters   
   addressed to the inmate from Prell’s alias.   
      
   Sharing snacks and money transfers   
   Prell was also found to have made several money and contraband   
   transactions with the inmate.   
      
   “Prell introduced contraband into the prison by giving the   
   inmate $100 cash, and the two engaged in an unlawful romantic   
   relationship, which included kissing and fondling on at least   
   three occasions,” the report says.   
      
   Authorities said the inmate ultimately used the money to   
   purchase a radio from another inmate.   
      
   She also gave the inmate candy and beef jerky, which the inmate   
   didn’t like and ended up giving away to a fellow prisoner.   
      
   Prell also made regular deposits to the inmate’s prison account   
   and even paid $180 for a debt the inmate had with a relative.   
      
   Preventing illicit behavior   
   State officials said they have implemented numerous reforms to   
   the Clinton Correctional Facility in the wake of the 2015 escape   
   but more work needs to be done.   
      
   “The fact that another similarly situated employee engaged in   
   much of the same sorts of conduct seems unfathomable and reminds   
   us of the need for continued diligence in implementing the new   
   security measures,” said Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott   
      
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