Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson and her top jail deputy provided new details Friday afternoon on a mass escape from the city lockup, saying that nine inmates remain on the

There are indications the prisoners had help from “inside of our department,” the Orleans Parish sheriff said. Three employees are on leave, and an investigation is underway.

Surveillance cameras at a prison in New Orleans captured the moment a group of inmates managed to escape and their subsequent mad dash toward the nearest roadway.