New Orleans prison escape: Second inmate captured by police as eight prisoners remain at large

A second inmate has been captured after ten men escaped the Orleans Parish Justice Center in New Orleans yesterday.

Officials discovered the inmates missing during a routine head count at the Orleans Parish Justice Center in New Orleans at around 8:30am Friday. Sheriff Susan Hutson said at a news conference, calling it a "very serious and unacceptable situation."

A photograph shared by local media in Louisiana shows the hole where prisoners are understood to have escaped overnight. The image shows the large gap in the wall accompanied by a string of taunts targeted at prison guards, including: “To Easy LOL,” “Catch us when you can,” “We innocent,” “Most Hated,” along with some explicit messages.

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Initial reports indicated that 11 men had escaped, but officials later clarified one of the inmates had recently been moved to another cell and was mistakenly included in the count. So far only two inmates have been captured, the inmates that remain at large include , and several people convicted of attempted .

One of the escapees, Kendell Myles, was the first to be apprehended on Friday afternoon in the French Quarter, hiding beneath a car in a hotel parking garage. Myles is charged with attempted second-degree murder, .

Now a second inmate has been captured. The latest update from New Orlenas police reads: "OPSO Jail Escape Update: Robert Moody has been captured and is in custody."

The New Orleans FBI has now confirmed a reward is being offered for anyone who can provide information that may lead to their capture. Writing on X the official account wrote: "The FBI is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of any of the inmates."

In a press conference this afternoon, New Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson said faulty locks had allowed inmates to escape their cells - and it should be "almost impossible for anyone to get out of this facility without help from the outside."

She told reporters: "Folks are normally locked down in this facility at 10.30pm, but these folks who were able to get out did so because of defective locks on the cells. I've talked about those locks since I've got into office", she added, stressing that she believed there were "deficiencies in these facilities that cause public safety concerns."

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