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Lawmaker seeks more courthouse security after New Orleans jailbreak
Rep. Delisha Boyd wants a study on courthouse security following the escape of 10 inmates from the Orleans Parish Jail in New ...
Top prosecutor says 2 remaining New Orleans jail escapees may be in other cities: "They can't hide forever"
Antoine Massey and Derrick Groves — who escaped from a New Orleans jail​​ nearly two weeks ago may be in other cities, ...
New Orleans jailbreak sheriff asks for DA to be removed from probe into security breach
On May 27, Williams put in an official request with state Attorney General Liz Murrill to take up the probe of the "operational failures" that led to the jailbreak. The investigation is still being ...
Sawed pipes and taunting messages: How a mass escape exposed a New Orleans jail's security failures
The audacious feat, one of the biggest jailbreaks in Louisiana history, exploited safety issues in the jail that had ...
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After escape through unplugged toilet, more cracks in water system at New Orleans jail
Ten days after inmates escaped the New Orleans jail through a hole behind a disconnected toilet, officials acknowledged more water leaks and shut-offs that persisted at the lockup over Memorial Day ...
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New Orleans jail security 'train wreck' helped 4-time escapee, 9 others break out: former warden
Deficient security protocols allowed a serial escape artist and nine others to break out of a New Orleans jail, according to a former federal prison warden. "First of all, that jail had ...