This occured two days after his fellow inmate was killed in a confrontation with law enforcement officers.
Franklin County Sheriff Kevin Mulverhill said David Sweat was shot Sunday afternoon in the town of Constable, about 2 miles south of the Canadian border, and was taken to a hospital in Malone.
Mulverhill said he had no information on Sweat's condition. Fellow inmate Richard Matt was killed in a confrontation with law enforcement officers Friday afternoon.