A maintenance worker shut off water at the jail, allowing the inmates to remove a toilet and sink fixture from a cell wall, according to the Louisiana attorney general’s office.

A fourth inmate who escaped from a New Orleans jail Friday was captured Monday in the New Orleans East neighborhood and flown to a “secure state facility,” as hundreds of local, state and federal authorities scramble to find six still on the loose,

Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams said OPSO mishandled evidence and that the state was responsible for some inmate delays.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Just days before 10 men broke out of a New Orleans jail, officials with the sheriff’s office asked for money to fix faulty locks and cell doors deemed a key factor in the escape.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Louisiana State Police on Monday (May 19) recaptured Gary C. Price, one of 10 inmates who escaped the Orleans Justice Center jail last Friday. Price, 21, is the fourth escapee to be recaptured since what Gov. Jeff Landry said is the biggest jailbreak in Louisiana history.

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.

Seven of the 10 inmates who audaciously escaped from New Orleans jail on Friday are still on the loose while three have been captured as authorities say they were helped by someone on the inside.