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New Orleans jail escape: Reward for tips leading to arrest of 2 remaining fugitives increases to $50,000
Antoine Massey and Derrick Groves are among 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Justice Center on May 16, according to ...
A growing number of New Orleans fugitives’ friends and family arrested for aiding in jail escape
The 10 men who escaped from a New Orleans jail more than two weeks ago by cutting out a hole behind a toilet received help ...
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 built a new jail 10 years ago. It's now beset with problems.
Nearly a decade ago, New Orleans officials hailed their new jail as a harbinger of change.
New Orleans DA pulls out of jailbreak investigation amid conflict of interest allegation
Facing allegations of a conflict of interest, Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams removed himself this week from ...
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 ...
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