The locks at the Orleans Parish jail failed so often that maintenance workers were sent to fix them more than twice a day.

Joe Outlaw is acquitted of 12 counts of criminal damage to HMP Frankland, but convicted of two counts, after telling jurors ...

LEE COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - Jeffrey Harrison, an inmate at Three Forks Regional Jail, was able to escape twice in just three ...

Sterling Williams, a New Orleans jail plumber​ accused of helping 10 inmates break out​ of an Orleans Parish correctional facility in May, pleaded not guilty Thursday.

Govindachamy’s escape plan involved cutting the lower bars of his cell while lying down. Photo confirms his testimony ...

An Alabama jail captain and other jail employees have been indicted in connection with the death of a mentally ill man who ...

Officials have repeatedly pointed to video surveillance of the brazen escape, one of the largest jailbreaks in recent U.S. history, and vowed to bring the inmates to justice. A 10th inmate ... the ...

The error comes as the jail and the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office are still reeling from the escape of 10 inmates in the early morning hours of May 16 when authorities say the inmates exited through ...

Roughly two months after 10 inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail, a "human error" resulted in the release of another inmate by mistake. On Friday, July 25, New Orleans Police Department ...

Authorities revealed Thursday that two deputies have been fired after an inmate was released by mistake from a New Orleans jail. The Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office said 30-year-old Khalil Bryan was ...

Khalil Bryan was mistakenly released from New Orleans jail on July 25, 2025, due to a clerical error, prompting Sheriff Susan Hutson’s apology and an investigation., US News, Times Now ...

After months of planning and smuggling in hand guns, prisoners belonging to the IRA simultaneously held prison officers hostage in September 1983 in Maze Prison in Northern Ireland. Inmates highjacked ...