Joyce Mitchell appears in Clinton County Court with her lawyer, Steven Johnston, to be sentenced Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Mitchell, who helped two convicted murderers escape from a maximum-security lockup by providing them with tools, was sentenced Monday to as many as seven years behind bars.

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Joyce Mitchell appears in Clinton County Court with her lawyer, Steven Johnston, to be sentenced Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Mitchell, who helped two convicted murderers escape from a maximum-security lockup by providing them with tools, was sentenced Monday to as many as seven years behind bars.