Sterling Williams, a jail maintenance worker accused of helping the inmates escape, is being held on a 1.1 million bond. An ...

More than a week later, the manhunt continues. Officials say the search is far from over, with more people now accused of ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans jail that gained national attention for a brazen escape by 10 inmates earlier ... Mid Fairfield AIDS Project Executive Director Stuart Lane said.

CCTV video shows inmates running through the loading dock at the Orleans Parish Justice Center in New Orleans on May 16. (Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office/Handout via Reuters) ...

The Orleans Parish jail is pictured in New Orleans on Friday, May 16, 2025.(Brett Duke /The Advocate via AP) ...

The manhunt for six men, including some accused of violent crimes, has alarmed the city and brought new attention to New Orleans’s troubled jail.

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Two of the 10 inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail last week were caught on facial-recognition cameras walking through the French Quarter New Orleans Police confirmed to ABC News.

An urgent manhunt is underway following a mass escape of 10 inmates from a New Orleans jail. Authorities say three have already been captured. ABC News’ Stephanie Ramos spoke with Orleans Parish ...

Sheriff Susan Hutson speaks during a City Council meeting following the escape of 10 inmates from the Orleans Parish Justice Center, at City Hall in New Orleans, Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said her agency has put “a full court effort” to respond to the escape and is working with the FBI and U.S. marshals.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ten men broke out of a New Orleans jail Friday in an audacious overnight escape by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall while the lone guard assigned to ...