The June 2015 escape of convicted murderers David Sweat and Richard Matt from Clinton Correctional Facility, a fortress-like structure situated 20 miles from the US-Canadian border. Fear swept over the state of New York on the morning of Saturday, June 6, 2015 when news broke of the escape of inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat from the Clinton Correctional Facility. As the desperate search for the escapees spreads across the region, Investigation Discovery (ID) joins the manhunt in the one-hour special PRISON BREAK: KILLERS ON THE RUN, revealing the two killers' brutal past, the dark conspiracy that formed behind bars, the chilling, intricate details of the breakout, and tracking the possible whereabouts of the convicts.