Sheriff Susan Hutson blamed faulty locks and staffing shortages for the 10-man escape amid calls for her to resign
The fourth of 10 men who broke out of New Orleans’ jail was captured Monday, leaving authorities still searching for six as the manhunt for the escapees entered its fifth day Tuesday.
Early Friday, 10 men in custody at the Orleans Justice Center (OJC) – many awaiting trials or sentencing for violent charges, including murder – yanked open a cell door, slipped through a hole behind a toilet, scaled a barbed wire fence, scampered across a highway and fled into the dark.
The AP contributed reporting
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