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New Orleans Jail Worker Arrested as Search for Six Escaped Inmates Continue

  • Sterling Williams, a maintenance employee at the Orleans Parish jail, was taken into custody on Monday for allegedly assisting in the breakout of ten prisoners from the facility the previous Friday.
  • Williams helped by turning off the water to remove a toilet and allowing inmates to escape through a hole behind it, with defective locks and staffing shortages contributing to the escape.
  • Following the escape early May 16, a multiagency task force formed to find fugitives, with four inmates recaptured by Monday and six still at large and considered armed and dangerous.
  • Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson emphasized that it is highly unlikely for anyone to leave the facility without some form of internal assistance.
  • The arrest triggered suspension of three jail employees pending investigation, and lawmakers introduced bills to require immediate public notification from jails statewide.
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WBRZ broke the news in Baton Rouge, United States on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.
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