9 h. ago Five New Orleans jailbreak fugitives still at large as police arrest alleged helpers

Several people held in connection with jailbreak as manhunt enters second week and criticisms mount over jail managementSeveral people have been arrested on accusations of helping some of the 10 men who broke out of New Orleans’ jail on 16 May – and half of the escapers remained on the run as a manhunt for them entered its second week, according to authorities.Police said on Friday that they had booked Casey Smith, 30, a day earlier on allegations that she provided transportation to at least two of the escapers in the hours after the jailbreak. She had allegedly admitted to doing that alongside another woman whom police took into custody on Wednesday, identified as 32-year-old Cortnie Harris, Smith’s cousin and the girlfriend of one of the escaped men, Leo Tate, 31. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Inmate manages to escape from a Louisiana jail for the second time in a year

Authorities say a Louisiana jail inmate who escaped from a parish jail about a year ago has accomplished the same feat again

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12 h. ago 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 conditions were ripe for catastrophe

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34 h. ago Mistrust in law enforcement complicates the search for the New Orleans jail escapees

As authorities scour New Orleans for escapees from a jailbreak, they're also confronting a history of mistrust in law enforcement and the criminal justice system

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56 h. ago Busted doors, cut bars, and a hole behind the toilet: Everything we know with 5 inmates still on the run after Louisiana jail escape

Three people have been arrested in connection with New Orleans jailbreak

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3 d. ago 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 apprehended and five remain at large

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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 Busted doors, cut bars, and a hole behind the toilet: Everything we know with 6 inmates still on the run after Louisiana jail escape

Three employees have been suspended as sheriff claims that breakout may be tied up in politics around an upcoming sheriff’s election

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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 Busted doors, cut bars, and a hole behind the toilet: Everything we know with 7 inmates still on the run after Louisiana jail escape

Three employees have been suspended as sheriff claims breakout may be tied up in politics around an upcoming sheriff’s election

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4 d. ago Sheriff says 'defective' locks were a key factor in Louisiana jailbreak by 10 men

The sheriff who oversees the New Orleans jail where 10 men escaped last week says defective locks were a key factor in the jailbreak

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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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4 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 Busted doors, cut bars, and a hole behind the toilet: Everything we know about 10 inmates who escaped Louisiana jail

Three employees have been suspended as sheriff claims breakout may be tied up in politics around an upcoming sheriff’s election

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