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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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New Orleans' sheriff faced a tough reelection path. Then 10 men broke out of her jail.
Sensing vulnerability, opponents lined up to challenge Sheriff Susan Hutson, who struggled to raise money and sustain ...
What We Know About the Escape From a New Orleans Jail
The Louisiana authorities are still searching for five of the 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Parish Justice Center ...
Louisiana inmates used hair trimmers in efforts to escape from New Orleans jail, source says
The 10 inmates who broke out of a New Orleans jail in a stunning overnight escape last week used electric hair trimmers with ...
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Plummeting crime, vanishing population: LaToya Cantrell leaves mixed bag for next New Orleans mayor
New Orleans has made strides over Cantrell's eight-year term. But its leaders have struggled with other challenges.
Facial recognition technology use in search for New Orleans jail escapees under scrutiny
The Washington Post investigation published this week reported that New Orleans police were using Project N.O.L.A.'s network ...
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New Orleans Disables School Zone Traffic Systems for Summer and Announces Revenue Sharing Agreement with OPSB
New Orleans deactivates school zone traffic systems for summer and announces a revenue sharing agreement for traffic camera ...
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Don't let the heat keep you out of a New Orleans area park this summer
Summers may be brutal in New Orleans, but even the most heat-adverse among us occasionally need to get out into nature for a ...