The audacious feat, one of the biggest jailbreaks in Louisiana history, exploited safety issues in the jail that had previously been cited by federal authorities.

The worker, Sterling Williams, did not know about the men’s plan and did not allow the inmates to cut a pipe behind the toilet to create an opening for their escape, attorney Michael Kennedy ...

Everything we know with 5 inmates still on the run after Louisiana jail escape - Three people have been arrested in connection with New Orleans jailbreak

State officials have said they have been able to track down and rearrest five of the 10 inmates who escaped last Friday morning, May 16, in a daring breakout that Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson called an “inside job,” according to USA Today .

After a week on the run, five of 10 inmates are still missing from a New Orleans jail and four people have been charged with helping them.

Sterling Williams, a 33-year-old maintenance worker ... been instructed by one of the inmates to turn off the water to a toilet. Behind the toilet was a hole that 10 men slipped through in Friday ...