The City of New Orleans has opened relief centers, offering free water, snacks and air conditioning. “Mostly rec centers, ...

Sterling Williams, a New Orleans jail plumber​ accused of helping 10 inmates break out​ of an Orleans Parish correctional ...

Lester Duhé, spokesperson for the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office, confirmed to USA TODAY that the nine men pleaded not ...

Nine men accused of breaking out of a New Orleans city jail in May after slipping through a hole behind a toilet and scaling ...

Landry and co-author State Rep. Debbie Villio (R-Kenner)’s now-law requires a sheriff or jail leadership to immediately ...

Nine men recaptured after escaping from a New Orleans jail earlier this year pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges related to the breakout.

A jail plumber pleaded not guilty Thursday after being accused of turning off the water to help 10 detainees flee the New ...

Roughly two months after 10 inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail, a "human error" resulted in the release of another ...

Williams is one of two accused of aiding the escape from inside the Orleans Justice Center.

The New Orleans jailbreak stands out because of its level of “sophistication and pre-planning” and the alleged roles current and former jail employees played in the escape, he added.How has ...