Louisiana Jail Escape: Maintenance Worker Arrested, Reward Increased to $20,000 Per Inmate

Jailbreak Details and Arrests

• 🚨 Ten inmates escaped a New Orleans jail early Friday morning by removing a toilet from a cell wall.
• 💬 A misspelled message reading "to easy" was left above the hole, indicating the ease of the escape.
• 🛠️ A jail maintenance worker has been arrested and accused of aiding the inmates by turning off the water supply, allowing them to remove the toilet without being drenched.
• 🏃‍♂️ Four of the ten escaped inmates have been recaptured, but six remain at large.

Increased Reward and Official Response

• 💰 Authorities have increased the reward for information leading to the arrest of the remaining inmates to $20,000 cash per inmate.
• 🗣️ The governor of Louisiana has made the escape a political issue, criticizing the sheriff's office for inadequate jail infrastructure and funding.
• 🏛️ The governor also removed state DOC inmates from the prison, returning it to functioning solely as a local city jail.