Here are some of the known techniques being used to aid in the manhunt: So, far, all recaptured escapees have been found in New Orleans. A key tool at investigators’ disposal is Project NOLA, a high ...

A New Orleans jail maintenance worker has been arrested after admitting he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in a cell wall, allowing 10 men to squeeze through the gap and escape the ...

A New Orleans jail maintenance worker has been arrested after admitting he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in a ...

Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson, who oversees the jail where 10 inmates escaped last week, announced Tuesday that she is suspending her reelection campaign, just hours after fielding tough ...

A fifth inmate was recaptured following a breakout at a New Orleans jail last week, authorities announced, the same day a ...

The lags at the Orleans Parish Jail yanked open a faulty cell door, moved the toilet and slithered through the hole in one of ...