‘Fear of retribution’ in New Orleans: Mass jail escape brings a big uneasy

Six inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail on May 16. Five of the fugitives have been captured in the last five days. The escape has put some residents on edge, but others say it hasn’t brought the city to a standstill. New Orleans resident Caliegh Flynn: “I’m not looking over my shoulder. I’ve not thought about my safety the entire time since’ The escape is embarrassing for New Orleans, considering it spends so much of the city’s budget on public safety, rather than schools or infrastructure, she said. The inmates ripped a “defective” cell door off its tracks, police said. One coerced a maintenance worker into shutting off water to a cell, allowing the escapees to rip out a toilet and sink unit and climb through a hole in the wall. The group then fled through a loading dock, scaled a wall and ran across a nearby highway. Multiple outlets have reported they left behind a message on the wall taunting their jailers: “To Easy LoL”

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