3 d. ago Key update on New Orleans jail break fiasco which saw 10 inmates make daring escape

The lags at the Orleans Parish Jail yanked open a faulty cell door, moved the toilet and slithered through the hole in one of the largest jail breaks in recent US history

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3 d. ago Maintenance worker arrested for aiding New Orleans jail escape says inmate threatened to ‘shank’ him

Jail worker charged with malfeasance over assisting escape

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3 d. ago New Orleans jail maintenance worker arrested on allegations he helped 10 inmates escape

Investigators arrested Sterling Williams, who allegedly admitted he turned water off to toilet covering hole in wallA maintenance worker at New Orleans’s jail has been arrested on allegations that he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in the wall that 10 men who escaped from the facility early Friday used for their getaway.Investigators arrested 33-year-old jail maintenance worker Sterling Williams after he allegedly admitted to officials that one of the men “advised him to turn the water off in the cell” before the men slipped away through the hole in the wall at the Orleans Justice Center (OJC), the Louisiana attorney general’s office said in a statement. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago A New Orleans sheriff's office staffer has been arrested following the escape of 10 jail inmates

Authorities have arrested an Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office employee following the escape of 10 inmates

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4 d. ago New Orleans prison break reward doubled after 10 inmates escaped in outrageous way

Inmates who escaped from a New Orleans prison have sparked a massive manhunt – the FBI have doubled the reward for information that leads to their recapture

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4 d. ago Manhunt for escaped New Orleans inmates escalates as seven remain at large

Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick warned that the fugitives are dangerous but also urged the public ‘not to panic’

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5 d. ago New Orleans prison escape: Reward doubled as massive manhunt for seven inmates enters third day

The manhunt for seven of the 10 escapees entered a third day on May 18 in Louisiana. Authorities are offering a huge rewards for information leading to the arrests of each escapee

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5 d. ago Reward increased for capture of escaped New Orleans inmates as 7 remain on the lam

Officials have increased the reward for the capture of seven inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet

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6 d. ago Critics blast hourslong gap before officials disclosed 10 inmates' escape from New Orleans jail

At least a dozen law enforcement agencies are searching for seven of the 10 men who broke out of a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall

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7 d. ago Three Orleans Parish Justice Center staff suspended after ten inmates escape from hole in cell

Three employees at the the Orleans Parish Justice Center have been placed on suspension without pay pending the outcome of the investigation after ten inmates escaped yesterday

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7 d. ago New Orleans prison escape: Second inmate captured by police as eight prisoners remain at large

Police in New Orleans have confirmed they have detained a second man in the hunt for ten men who escaped the Orleans Parish Justice Center on Friday morning - eight men remain at large

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7 d. ago Sheriff says there are indications 10 inmates who escaped New Orleans jail had inside help

Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson says there are indications that the ten inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail received help in their escape from people in the department

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7 d. ago New Orleans prison escape LIVE: 11 inmates dig to freedom leaving cheeky message

Members of the public are being urged to remain alert and not to approach a group of 11 'armed and dangerous' men who escaped from a prison in New Orleans - only one of them has been caught

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