Escapee David Sweat moved from prison infirmary to cell

ROMULUS, N.Y., July 15 (UPI) -- Convicted murderer David Sweat was released from a prison infirmary in upstate New York and transferred to a cell where he will be housed for 23 hours per day, corrections officials said Wednesday.

Sweat, 35, was captured when he was shot twice in the torso by a state trooper on June 28 after a threatening and daring 23-day prison break from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. Richard Matt, 48, his accomplice in the escape, was shot and killed two days before Sweat's capture.

The former fugitive has been moved to a special housing unit at Five Points Correctional Facility in Romulus and faces formal disciplinary charges for the elaborate escape plot on June 6.

"A hearing officer will determine the extent of Sweat's misconduct and, if appropriate, impose a penalty including continued placement within the special housing unit," a statement from the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said.

Additional criminal charges may be filed by the Clinton County District Attorney's Office.

Sweat will be kept alone in his cell for 23 hours a day in the facility's 150-bed special housing unity. Five Points was opened in 2000 and currently houses nearly 1,300 inmates out of a capacity of 1,500 along with 669 employees, including 511 security personnel. Each cell has a bed, a desk, a toilet, a sink and a shower controlled by the prison.