a mass escape exposed a New Orleans jail's security failures
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As the fugitive search enters a second week, fears are increasingly giving way to frustration, anger and a desire for accountability.
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The 10 inmates who broke out of a New Orleans jail in a stunning overnight escape last week used electric hair trimmers with multiple clipper blades to help cut their way through the cell walls, a source with direct knowledge of the investigation told CNN.
The Louisiana authorities are still searching for five of the 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Parish Justice Center last week.
Most recently, a fellow inmate was charged with collaborating with the escapees from within the New Orleans jail.
A retired FBI expert says the New Orleans jail escape exposes critical staffing shortage and other issues after 10 inmates escaped on Friday, May 16.
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An Orleans Justice Center inmate, who was not one of the 10 to escape last week, is facing new charges and accused of helping the others in the jailbreak, Louisiana
Ten men escaped from a New Orleans jail on Friday and four have been apprehended, officials with the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office said.
See how prisoners escaped from Orleans Parish Prison, where 5 of 10 the inmates were caught, and the charges against those still at-large.
Three Orleans Parish jail inmates staged an unsuccessful escape attempt through the ceiling of pod 1D roughly two weeks before the 10-person jailbreak via its toilet on May 16, court
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A lawyer for a worker charged with helping 10 men escape a New Orleans jail says the worker did not know about the jailbreak plan.
Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams scorched Sheriff Susan Hutson for failing to order an investigation into the crime scene where 10 inmates escaped from jail.