Ten inmates in all broke out of the New Orleans jail, according to the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, which runs the ...

An inmate threatened to stab the employee with a 'shank,' a homemade knife, according to the employee's statement in an ...

A maintenance worker shut off water at the jail, allowing the inmates to remove a toilet and sink fixture from a cell wall, ...

An inmate who allegedly threatened a maintenance worker into helping him and nine other men break out of a New Orleans jail ...

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

Louisiana officials released new booking pictures of inmates that have been recaptured after they escaped jail on Friday.

Sheriff Susan Hutson acknowledged that a huge jailbreak was a 'failure' by her office, but insisted Tuesday that blame still ...

Authorities say one of the largest jailbreaks in modern New Orleans history may have hinged on a single maintenance worker.

A fifth inmate was recaptured following a breakout at a New Orleans jail last week, authorities announced. Corey Boyd, 19, ...

Authorities have arrested an Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office maintenance worker in connection with the escape of 10 inmates.

A maintenance worker at the jail was accused of turning off the water in a cell, allowing 10 inmates to escape, the Louisiana ...

In an arrest affidavit, Williams said one of the inmates who escaped had threatened to “shank” him if he did not turn off the ...