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New Orleans’ jail system was troubled decades before 10 inmates made an audacious escape
The recent jailbreak in New Orleans followed decades of dysfunction in the city's jail system and recent warnings that ...
Fifth person arrested, accused of aiding inmates in New Orleans jail escape
A fifth person has been arrested in connection with the escape of 10 inmates last week from a New Orleans jail, authorities ...
Orleans Parish sheriff boasted about jail security days before 10 inmates escaped
Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson sent a campaign email praising security improvements just days before 10 inmates escaped ...
Fourth person charged with helping escaped New Orleans inmates
A fourth person in Louisiana has been arrested and charged with helping the inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail last ...
Faulty locks, stolen blankets and a hungry jail employee: A timeline of how 10 inmates used skill and luck to escape
One inmate was behind bars for murdering two men. Another was charged with domestic abuse involving strangulation. A third ...
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New Orleans jail inmates tried ceiling escape weeks before toilet jailbreak, court records show
Three Orleans Parish jail inmates staged an unsuccessful escape attempt through the ceiling of pod 1D roughly two weeks ...
What We Know About the Escape From a New Orleans Jail
The Louisiana authorities are still searching for five of the 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Parish Justice Center ...
Inmate who escaped Louisiana jail a second time has been captured
Authorities said Tra'Von Johnson, 22, who escaped from the Tangipahoa Parish Jail about a year ago, had accomplished the same ...
4 inmates escape minimum security correctional facility in Ohio
Four inmates at a minimum security facility in Franklin County escaped Thursday evening after reportedly smashing through a ...
NOPD makes another arrest for helping inmates after Orleans Parish Jail escape
After questioning, one man, identified as Emmitt Weber, was arrested and charged with accessory after the fact of simple ...
One week since inmates escaped OJC jail
NEW ORLEANS ( WGNO) — Seven days have passed since 10 Orleans Parish Jail inmates escaped. About 200 local, state and federal law enforcement officers are taking part in the manhunt and in the search ...