The jail's rates of violence have worsened under Sheriff Susan Hutson, and her staff faces near-daily attacks or harassment.

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 ...

Rep. Delisha Boyd wants a study on courthouse security following the escape of 10 inmates from the Orleans Parish Jail in New ...

It was just after midnight when ten inmates escaped from the Orleans Parish Jail. The breakout was bold, dangerous—and ...

The authorities in Louisiana are searching for two of the 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Parish Justice Center on ...

One inmate was behind bars for murdering two men. Another was charged with domestic abuse involving strangulation. A third was accused of attacking a corrections officer.

The recent escape of 10 individuals from the New Orleans Correctional Center has quickly shifted from a public-safety crisis ...

Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office, and the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office are all among the agencies being asked to comply. “There has to be transparency ...

The New Orleans jail where 10 inmates escaped from earlier this month is experiencing “significant flooding” from what a ...

After the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office acknowledged water leaks and shut-off s at the jail over Memorial Day weekend, the ...

The failure to investigate the Orleans Parish Correctional Facility as a crime scene by Sheriff Susan Hutson could harm prosecutors in the case, an ex-FBI agent says.

NEW ORLEANS — Newly obtained photos from inside the Orleans Parish Jail appears to show the physical breach that allowed 11 inmates to escape Friday morning — and a handwritten message that ...