As authorities scour New Orleans for escapees from an audacious jailbreak, they are also confronting entrenched mistrust in law enforcement and the criminal justice system.Nearly a week after 10 inmates yanked open a faulty cell door inside a city jail and moved the toilet to squeeze through a hole,

New Orleans sheriff waited nearly a week to have the scene of a 10-man jailbreak processed for evidence by crime lab technicians, and then did so only at the behest of the district attorney, according to Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams.

Louisiana State Police, who have yet to find half of the Orleans Parish Prison escapees, announced the arrest of two women on Thursday – one who allegedly gave food to an escapee and another who was suspected to have been “in contact via phone” with one of the former prisoners.

Meanwhile, an inmate threatened to stab the employee with a "shank," a homemade knife, according to the employee's statement in an arrest affidavit.

A man was reportedly shot during an armed robbery in New Orleans East on Thursday morning, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Just before 10:30 a.m., emergency services were called to a home in the 4600 block of Lancelot Drive for a report of a "man down," police said.

Ten inmates in all broke out of the New Orleans jail, according to the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, which runs the facility.

Cortnie Harris, 32, and Corvanntay Baptiste, 38, were each charged with felony accessory after the fact and booked into Plaquemines Parish Detention Center, about 30 miles south of downtown New Orleans. If convicted, Harris and Baptiste could face a maximum of five years in prison.

The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) secretly received real-time, AI-generated alerts from 200 facial recognition cameras throughout the city for two

The Louisiana State Police arrested a fourth inmate who escaped from a jail in New Orleans. Police say six more remain at large and should be considered dangerous.

Police say the victim was shot during an armed robbery on Lancelot Drive; he was taken to the hospital as the investigation continues.

Cortnie Harris, 32, and Corvanntay Baptiste, 38, join prison worker Sterling Williams, 33, in being charged over the shocking escape plot.