Video shows mysterious prison delivery

Nina Selipsky • Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>A video from the days following the New York state prison break has gone viral. It shows Fox News host Greta Van Susteren interviewing a reporter on the scene outside the prison’s white walls, but what has caught viewers' attention is what is happening in the background. The</p></h2>
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            <p>A video from the days following the New York state prison break has gone viral. It shows Fox News host Greta Van Susteren interviewing a reporter on the scene outside the prison’s white walls, but what has caught viewers' attention is what is happening in the background. The video shows a person in civilian clothing climbing the steps under one of the guard towers and hoisting a red bag up the wall as a rope is lowered from the top. Huh? According to <a href="http://www.npr.org/2015/06/22/415800196/after-prison-break-at-dannemora-viral-video-raises-questions?ref=avalancheghost.one">NPR</a>, corrections officers and their families have suggested that this is a common practice for delivering lunches and other supplies to guards working long shifts. Two investigations are underway to evaluate the security at Clinton Correctional Facility.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-embed-card"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HawGrbcJYUA" width="560"></iframe></figure>
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A video from the days following the New York state prison break has gone viral. It shows Fox News host Greta Van Susteren interviewing a reporter on the scene outside the prison’s white walls, but what has caught viewers' attention is what is happening in the background. The video shows a person in civilian clothing climbing the steps under one of the guard towers and hoisting a red bag up the wall as a rope is lowered from the top. Huh? According to NPR, corrections officers and their families have suggested that this is a common practice for delivering lunches and other supplies to guards working long shifts. Two investigations are underway to evaluate the security at Clinton Correctional Facility.

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By Nina Selipsky

Nina Selipsky is an editorial intern at Crosscut. She is a senior at Lakeside School in Seattle, where she is an editor and writer for the school newspaper. Nina spent last summer working with a non-p