We are all of that, but we are tired of hearing it. Black New Orleans withstood the battle. But we are still undergoing the war. Photographed by Edward Buckles Jr. Styled by Megan Coates New ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In the city that care forgot, the party had made its way into the prison. More than a decade before the recent New Orleans jailbreak, the city's lawless lockup went viral in a ...

Sterling Williams allegedly turned off water to help the inmates escape. A maintenance worker at a New Orleans jail where 10 inmates escaped has been arrested and accused of helping facilitate the ...

The fifth of 10 inmate escapees who fled a New Orleans jail has been recaptured, authorities said Tuesday. Corey Boyd, who was briefly spotted last Friday hours after the jailbreak, was taken into ...

A "full-scale search operation" is underway, the sheriff said. The reward for information leading to the arrest of the inmates who escaped from the Orleans Justice Center last week increased to $ ...

The recent escape of ten inmates from a New Orleans jail is the latest wake-up call proving that federal consent decrees do more harm than good when it comes to public safety. The jail ...

In a fiery Tuesday meeting, the New Orleans City Council grilled the city's top law enforcement officials over Friday's 10-man jailbreak that has sent shock waves across the nation. During the ...

NEW ORLEANS — A fourth inmate who escaped from the Orleans Parish Justice Center early Friday morning has been captured, according to Louisiana State Police. 21-year-old Gary C. Price was taken ...

The six remaining escapees who broke out of New Orleans' local jail on Friday and remain at large are likely still within the city's limits, New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told ...

Jay Batt – lifelong New Orleans resident, business, civic leader, and city council member whose public service helped communities recover from Hurricane Katrina – passed away in his sleep on May 18, ...

A New Orleans jail employee was arrested for allegedly aiding in the escape of 10 inmates. Six of the escaped inmates, some facing murder charges, remain at large and are considered dangerous.

Ten prisoners slipped out of the Orleans Parish Prison in New Orleans just after midnight on Friday (May 16) by tearing a metal toilet-sink unit from the wall and crawling through a hole behind it.