The Peru Gazette

[…] they plan to cut the use of canned goods in prison commissaries, thus denying troublemakers the use of sharp metal lids that can be turned into weapons. Another move: showing correctional officers a video dubbed Games Inmates Play” alerting them to efforts that prisoners may use to manipulate guards. Prison guard Gene Palmer was charged with two felonies for inadvertently helping the pair and a civilian employee, Joyce Mitchell, was convicted of helping Matt and Sweat. […] came a series of newspaper reports in The New York Times about mistreatment and beatings of prisoners, followed by a Times Union exposé of corruption and mismanagement in the prison system’s own internal affairs or Inspector General’s office.

Source: Lawmakers question prison security, safety – Times Union