The 10 inmates who broke out of a New Orleans jail in a stunning overnight escape last week used electric hair trimmers with multiple clipper blades to help cut their way through the cell walls, a source with direct knowledge of the investigation told CNN.

An Orleans Justice Center inmate, who was not one of the 10 to escape last week, is facing new charges and accused of helping the others in the jailbreak, Louisiana

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.

The Washington Post investigation published this week reported that New Orleans police were using Project N.O.L.A.'s network of facial recognition cameras to monitor the streets for wanted suspects over the past two years in ways that appeared "out of step" with the local ordinance.

An employee of the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office has been arrested in Friday's dramatic escape of 10 inmates from the Orleans Justice Center, the Louisiana Attorney General's Office confirmed Tuesday.

Two people have been arrested and accused of helping some of the 10 inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail, the Louisiana State Police announced Wednesday.

A retired FBI expert says the New Orleans jail escape exposes critical staffing shortage and other issues after 10 inmates escaped on Friday, May 16.

A team of over 200 local, state and federal law enforcement officers and agents is working around the clock to capture the remaining missing inmates who broke out of a New Orleans jail in a stunning overnight escape last week,