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Sawed pipes and taunting messages: How a mass escape exposed a New Orleans jail's security failures
The audacious feat, one of the biggest jailbreaks in Louisiana history, exploited safety issues in the jail that had ...
Authorities arrest a seventh person accused of helping fugitives who escaped from a New Orleans jail
Authorities have arrested a seventh person in connection with the escape of 10 inmates from a Louisiana jail, according to ...
Fifth inmate recaptured and a maintenance worker arrested days after breakout at New Orleans jail
A fifth inmate was recaptured following a breakout at a New Orleans jail last week, authorities announced, the same day a ...
New Orleans jail employee arrested, accused of helping mass escape of inmates
A maintenance worker at a New Orleans jail where 10 inmates escaped has been arrested and accused of helping facilitate the ...
Men who escaped New Orleans jail had hourslong head start before staff knew they were gone
Days after 10 men escaped from a New Orleans jail by crawling through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall, five have ...
Jail employee arrested in connection with New Orleans jailbreak, Louisiana AG says
Sterling Williams was arrested and charged with helping 10 inmates break free from a New Orleans jail, authorities said.
New Orleans jail worker arrested after admitting he helped inmates escape when they threatened to ‘shank’ him
Authorities have arrested an Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office maintenance worker in connection with the escape of 10 jail ...
7th person arrested for allegedly assisting escaped New Orleans inmates
Casey Smith, 30, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly assisting two of the 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Justice Center on May 16, police said.