Netflix rebroadcast of prison escape series revives interest in strange 2015 breakout

Netflix has brought back a 2018 series called 'Escape at Dannemora' and created a burst of interest in a New York jailbreak with a unique feature -- the prisoners had inside help.

Despite their criminal behavior, the inmates were housed in the "Honor Block" of the Clinton Correctional Facility, a tier reserved for inmates who demonstrated good behavior and were given additional privileges like cooking stations, televisions and phone accessibility.   Kelly Hyman is an attorney, TV legal analyst, Democratic political commentator and the host of the popular true-crime podcast, "Once Upon a Crime in Hollywood." She has been called "a modern day Erin Brockovich" by Forbes and has appeared on Fox News, ABC, NBC, CBS, CourtTV, BBC and MSNBC. She focuses on complex litigation such as class actions and mass tort litigation. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter.

Dannemora is a small town in upstate New York with a current population of a little over 3,000 people. In 2015, two inmates at the Clinton Correctional Facility, which borders Dannemora, concocted an alleged escape plan with the help of prison worker Joyce "Tilly" Mitchell.