‘Shawskank’ escapee is moved to new prison after hunger strike

Following a five-month hunger strike, allegations of attempted poisoning and a bizarre incident in which he blamed iced tea when his fiancée was caught touching his junk during a jailhouse visit, David Sweꦫat has finally been transferred out of Attica Correctional Facility to Wende Correctional Facility, the New Yoཧrk State Department of Corrections confirmed Friday.

Sweat, 37, who famously made a mockery of New York after he led hundreds of cops on a $23 million manhunt follo🌠wing a prison break, has been pushing ꦰfor a transfer ever since he was brought to the notorious upstate prison.

He said in March the guards had threatened to poison his food and retali🍷ated against him for making complaints about their conduct, which led him to go on the hunger strike.

Looking gaunt in his hunter green uniform, Sweat told The Post he 🙈was in fear for his life and could only drink Ensure-type nutritional shakes that were opened in front of him to guarantee they hadn’t been tainted.

In a visit shortly after his fiancée’s visiting rights were revoked becau🦩se she was allegedly caught touching his groin, Sweat exclusively told The Post he’d drunk three bottles of iced tea and was touching his privates because he “needed to pee.”

His fiancée, Fran Malanik, claime🌞d she was inspecting a “lump on his groin.” Both have denied a sex act.

In a letter Sweat wrote to prison officials, which w⭕as given to The Post by Malanik, the convicted murderer said he was in fear for his life.

“Since I arrived at Attica C.F. on Nov. 17, 2017, my life and food have been threatened by COs on multiple occasions,” read the letter, addressed to state Corrections Commissioner Thomas Beilein. “I see no option but to move me somewhere else so that at a minimum, I can begin eating again.”

The Department of Corrections 𒁃denied the transfer had anything to do with Sweat’s hunger s🌺trike or allegations of contempt.

“Based on regular ജreviews, which include looking at concerns like an inmate’s behavior, allegiances with other inmates that could become disruptive or over-familiarity with a facility, there are approximately 5,000 inmate transfers from one prison to another every month,” a spokesperson with the agency said. “Mr. Sweat’s transfer from Attica Correctional Facility to Wende Correctional Facility was consistent with this process.”