Nearly 25 years ago, seven inmates broke free from a maximum-security prison in South Texas. A weeks-long manhunt ensued, ...

Ten inmates in all broke out of the New Orleans jail, according to the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, which runs the ...

Leo Tate, who has multiple felony convictions, was supposed to be transferred from the New Orleans jail to a Louisiana prison ...

About 12:20 a.m., prisoners yank open a cell door when the jail's lone guard is away getting food. The men escape through a ...

Six inmates are on the lam after escaping a New Orleans jail. Some of those closest to the crimes are on edge, but other ...

Half of the 10 escaped inmates from the Orleans Parish Justice Center are now in custody, after a fifth inmate was recaptured ...

An inmate who allegedly threatened a maintenance worker into helping him and nine other men break out of a New Orleans jail ...

Authorities have arrested an Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office maintenance worker in connection with the escape of 10 inmates.

In an arrest affidavit, Williams said one of the inmates who escaped had threatened to “shank” him if he did not turn off the ...

The New Orleans City Council is meeting Tuesday morning to hold a public hearing in the aftermath of a brazen Orleans Parish ...

A maintenance worker at a New Orleans jail where 10 inmates escaped has been arrested and accused of helping facilitate the ...

An inmate threatened to stab the employee with a 'shank,' a homemade knife, according to the employee's statement in an ...