Sensing vulnerability, opponents lined up to challenge Sheriff Susan Hutson, who struggled to raise money and sustain ...

The audacious feat, one of the biggest jailbreaks in Louisiana history, exploited safety issues in the jail that had ...

As five fugitives remain at large a third woman is arrested, new surveillance emerges, and pressure builds on local and state leaders to fix deep-rooted jail failure ...

It was frustrating and unproductive to see leading politicians rush to assign political blame after brazen New Orleans jail ...

The incident comes as state authorities are still searching for members of a 10-inmate escape from a New Orleans jail and ...

Police arrested a 59-year-old Louisiana woman Thursday night, after she allegedly helped one of the 10 fugitives who escaped the Orleans Justice Center last week. The arrest of Connie Weeden, from ...

Two arrests occurred on Friday, as the number of people alleged to have assisted the 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Justice Center grows.

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. Among the most ...

Tra’Von Johnson, 22, was found just a few miles away from the Tangipahoa Parish Jail that he escaped from on Thursday afternoon.