Orleans Parish sheriff boasted about jail security days before 10 inmates escaped
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Three days before the escape of 10 inmates from the Orleans Justice Center, Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson sent out a campaign fundraising email highlighting the facility’s security, which has drawn criticism from a lawmaker urging her resignation.

State and federal law enforcement have managed to recapture five of the 10 inmates who fled the Orleans Justice Center on May 16. During a meeting with the New Orleans City Council on Tuesday, Hutson accepted responsibility for the escape.

“As your sheriff, it is deeply concerning to me, just as it is to the entire community we have pledged to protect. I fully accept accountability for this breach, and it is my duty to address the issue with both urgency and transparency,” she communicated to the council.

Three days before 10 inmates escaped from the Orleans Justice Center, Hutson sent a campaign fundraising email that boasted about security improvements at the jail.

10 new orleans jail escapees

The 10 men who escaped from jail in New Orleans. (Fox News)

Freeman’s colleague, Rep. Jason Hughes, also called on Hutson to resign.

Since 2013, the Orleans Justice Center has operated under a federal consent decree. Every six months, federal jail monitors question deputies at the jail, according to FOX 8.

Every time, they wrote reports finding jailers “incapable of describing what an acceptable security check would be like.”

Kendell Myles, Robert Moody, Gary Price, Dkenan Dennis and Corey Boyd have been recaptured by law enforcement, leaving five inmates at large.

Prisoner caught on surveillance cameras breaking out of jail and fleeing the property.

This image from CCTV video shows inmates running through the loading dock at the Orleans Parish Justice Center in New Orleans on May 16, 2025. (Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office/Handout via Reuters)

Boyd, the most recent inmate to be recaptured, was in jail on charges of second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, aggravated battery and threatening a public official.

The following inmates are still at large:

  • Lenton J. Vanburen Jr., 26, faces charges of illegal carrying of weapons, possession of a firearm or weapon by a felon, obstruction of justice and introducing contraband in prison.
  • Jermaine Donald, 42, faces charges of second-degree murder, aggravated battery, possession of a firearm or weapon by a felon and obstruction of justice.
  • Antoine Massey, 32, faces charges of domestic abuse involving strangulation, theft of a motor vehicle and a parole violation.
  • Derrick Groves, 27, faces three counts of attempted second-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder and battery of a correctional facility employee.
  • Leo O. Tate Sr., 31, faces charges of simple burglary of an inhabited dwelling, possession of a firearm or weapon by a felon, illegal carrying of a weapon, motor vehicle theft and multiple drug counts.

Fox News Digital reached out to Hutson for comment.

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