11 inmates escape New Orleans jail, 10 still on run
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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.
Authorities search for men who fled through broken window at Franklin County residential prison diversion program.
Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson boasted about jail upgrades in a campaign video just days before 10 inmates escaped.
State officials have said they have been able to track down and rearrest five of the 10 inmates who escaped last Friday morning, May 16, in a daring breakout that Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson called an “inside job,” according to USA Today .