Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said a jail maintenance worker told police he turned off the water in a cell after one ...

Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson, who oversees the jail where 10 inmates escaped last week, announced Tuesday that she is ...

New Orleans man Stephen Badon received a 10-year federal prison sentence for child pornography possession and distribution, ...

Officials increased the reward for the capture of the inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail as the manhunt entered a fifth day on Tuesday.

Authorities say one of the largest jailbreaks in modern New Orleans history may have hinged on a single maintenance worker.

The escapees face a range of charges from aggravated assault and domestic abuse to murder. The youngest is 19, the oldest is ...

Ten men escaped from a New Orleans jail on Friday and four have been apprehended, officials with the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office said.

An Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office facility employee is in custody accused of assisting in the escape of 10 inmates.

An employee of a New Orleans prison was arrested and charged on Monday for allegedly assisting in the escape of 10 inmates on Friday. Sterling Williams, 33, faces 10 counts of principle to simply ...

The men range in age from 19 to 42 and face a variety of charges including aggravated assault, domestic abuse battery and ...

A fifth inmate was recaptured following a breakout at a New Orleans jail last week, authorities announced, the same day a ...