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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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At the troubled New Orleans jail, inmates have outnumbered, overwhelmed deputies for years
The jail's rates of violence have worsened under Sheriff Susan Hutson, and her staff faces near-daily attacks or harassment.
New Orleans jail security 'train wreck' helped 4-time escapee, 9 others break out: former warden
According to a former warden, the New Orleans jail from which serial escapee Antoine Massey and nine others escaped was a ...
What We Know About the New Orleans Jail Escape and Manhunt
The authorities in Louisiana are searching for two of the 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Parish Justice Center on ...
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New Orleans jail has 'significant flooding' and 'severe plumbing failures,' sheriff says
After the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office acknowledged water leaks and shut-off s at the jail over Memorial Day weekend, the ...
PAUL MAURO: New Orleans jailbreak exposes flat out failures of federal oversight
New Orleans jail escape reveals flaws in federal oversight. Consent decrees deserve criticism for fostering indecision and ...
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New Orleans jail, site of a brazen inmate escape, faces flooding and plumbing failures
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans jail that gained national attention for a brazen escape by 10 inmates earlier this month is experiencing “significant flooding” from “ongoing and severe ...
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Sawed pipes and taunting messages: How a mass escape exposed a New Orleans jail's security failures
After midnight on May 16, inmates at the New Orleans city jail forced ... loading dock under the watch of security cameras — without anyone raising an alarm? Jail protocols under the federal ...