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As prison search continues, costs climb
By poughkeepsiejournal.com- Joseph Spector
Published: 06/23/2015

ALBANY – The search for two escaped inmates from Clinton Correctional Facility continued Monday as authorities said they may have found items belonging to the convicted killers in a North Country cabin.

With the hunt for David Sweat and Richard Matt in its third week, police said they are unconcerned about the cost of the massive search — which has included hundreds of State Police, corrections officers and federal and state officials.

Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie pegged the cost of the search at $1 million a day, according to the New York Times, as the search at times has included as many as 800 police officers. It’s unclear the daily tab to the state, which has deployed officers from around the state to try to catch the dangerous escapees.

State officials have not put a price on the cost of the search.

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