The authorities in Louisiana are searching for two of the 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Parish Justice Center on May 16. Here’s what we know.
The authorities in Louisiana and Texas on Monday captured another three of the 10 inmates who made a brazen escape from a New Orleans jail this month, leaving two still at large.
Six people were also arrested and charged for helping two of the escaped inmates, the Louisiana State Police said.
The escape on May 16, one of the largest jailbreaks in Louisiana history, set off a manhunt by the police and the FBI. Investigators have said the escapees likely had help on the inside, and a dozen people have charged with aiding them before and after the break.
Here’s what to know:
The 10 inmates escaped from the Orleans Parish Justice Center at around 1 a.m. on May 16, the authorities said.
After removing a toilet and sink from a cell where the water supply had been turned off, the inmates cut steel bars and got out through a rectangular hole in the wall.
They left behind a taunting misspelled message scrawled on the wall: “to easy LOL.”
After crawling through the hole, the inmates left the jail through its loading dock. They shed their uniforms, scaled a wall around the jail and then ran across Interstate 10 nearby.
