Fifth escaped inmate captured in New Orleans
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Louisiana officials released new booking pictures of inmates that have been recaptured after they escaped jail on Friday.
Authorities have arrested an Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office maintenance worker in connection with the escape of 10 inmates.
Five out of 10 inmates have been arrested after escaping from the Orleans Justice Center in New Orleans on Friday. GOP Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry tells Chris Cuomo that the system as a whole in New Orleans is broken because of who is in power in the city.
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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.
Ten men broke out of Orleans Parish jail early Friday morning, but only three were recaptured by Monday afternoon.