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Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson faced a new round of criticism Thursday over last week's brazen jailbreak and her response, this time from District Attorney Jason Williams, as the manhunt
Breaking news update, published at 2:01 p.m. ET] Five suspected accomplices have been arrested for allegedly helping some of the 10 escapees who broke out of the Orleans Justice
The recent jailbreak in New Orleans followed decades of dysfunction in the city's jail system and recent warnings that conditions were ripe for catastrophe.
Five people have been arrested on suspicion of helping some of the 10 escapees who broke out of the Orleans Justice Center last week. On Friday, New Orleans
See how prisoners escaped from Orleans Parish Prison, where 5 of 10 the inmates were caught, and the charges against those still at-large.
According to NOPD, Casey Smith was arrested on Thursday after she was accused of helping two of the 10 inmates who escaped the jail.
The Louisiana authorities are still searching for five of the 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Parish Justice Center last week.
Casey Smith, 30, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly assisting two of the 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Justice Center on May 16, police said.
As the search for five remaining escapees continues, Orleans Parish DA Jason Williams says there were delays in evidence gathering at the jail.