The audacious feat, one of the biggest jailbreaks in Louisiana history, exploited safety issues in the jail that had ...

More than a decade before the recent New Orleans jailbreak, the city's lawless lockup went viral in a series of videos ...

As the fugitive search enters a second week, fears are increasingly giving way to frustration, anger and a desire for ...

The 10 inmates who broke out of a New Orleans jail in a stunning overnight escape last week used electric hair trimmers with ...

On Monday, Sterling Williams, a 33-year-old maintenance worker at the jail, was arrested on charges that he shut off water to ...

New Orleans police arrested Emmitt Weber for allegedly helping inmates escape. Five fugitives, including those with serious ...

See how prisoners escaped from Orleans Parish Prison, where 5 of 10 the inmates were caught, and the charges against those still at-large.

Ten inmates escaped the Orleans Parish Justice Center in one of the biggest jailbreaks in Louisiana history, enabled by failures that had previously been cited by authorities.

The New Orleans prison worker who was ... with three other jail employees currently suspended as police investigate the escape. Williams’ arrest comes after Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson ...

A judge set multi-million-dollar bonds for new suspects, including an inmate and possible relatives of fugitives. Nine people now face charges.

Casey Smith, 30, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly assisting two of the 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Justice Center on May 16, police said.

Jail authorities said the group began making their escape at around 12:30 a.m. a ... according to Parish records. New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said at a news conference ...