May 16, 2025
Nine inmates escaped a jail in New Orleans and remain on the loose as authorities investigate whether any guards were in on the jailbreak plot.
A total of 10 inmates escaped from jail in Orleans Parish at around 1 a.m. on Friday, Sheriff Susan Hutson told reporters. One inmate was caught in the French Quarter but the other nine men remain on the run.
Officials suspect the group had help from jail staff: “We have indication that these detainees received assistance from individuals inside the department,” Hutson said.
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Louisiana State Police located and apprehended Myles in the French Quarter, a busy tourist area in New Orleans, Sheriff Susan Hutson said during a 3:30 p.m. press conference. Authorities found the inmate underneath a parked car near the Hotel Monteleone, she said.
Local and state police are working with the FBI and United States Marshalls to find the remaining escapees.
How did the inmates escape?
Jail authorities said the group began making their escape at around 12:30 a.m. a few hours after lockdown at 10:30 p.m.
They began by pulling a “defective” sliding cell door off its tracks, according to Sheriff Hutson. At around 1 a.m. they breached a jail wall by ripping away a toilet and sink.
Security footage shows the men leave via a loading dock, scale a wall and then run across a nearby highway, she said.
Orleans Parish Chief of Corrections Jeworski Mallett said breaching the wall near the toilets would not have been possible without outside assistance.
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Source: Unravel