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Elmira 2003 prison escape called 'widespread breakdown'
By stargazette.com- Jeff Murray
Published: 06/10/2015

As authorities search for two convicted murderers who escaped Friday night from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, Southern Tier law enforcement officers are feeling an unsettling sense of deja vu.

The last prison escape in New York state took place in July 2003, when two convicted murderers fled the maximum-security Elmira Correctional Facility, only to be recaptured two days later.

Inmates Timothy A. Vail and Timothy G. Morgan slipped out of the prison after months of planning, but Vail was hurt during the escape and they were soon caught.

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