Dannemora prison escape subject of panel discussion 10 years after manhunt

New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang’s office hosted a panel in Albany on Wednesday discussing the 10th anniversary of the Dannemora prison break. The event featured former Department of Corrections Commissioner Anthony Annucci and former New York State Police Superintendent Joe D’Amico.

The two took a trip down memory lane, sharing stories of the infamous escape and the 23-day manhunt that followed.

The event also featured opening remarks from the Inspector General at the time, Catherine Leahy-Scott, who a year later, in 2016, put together a 150-page report on the investigation her office conducted regarding everything and anything from the escape…

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