Authorities announced that a fourth inmate has been apprehended after escaping from a New Orleans jail on Friday with 6 other inmates.

The manhunt for six men, including some accused of violent crimes, has alarmed New Orleans and brought new attention to the troubled Orleans Parish jail.

This comes after 10 inmates escaped the Orleans Parish Jail on Friday. Seven of those inmates remain on the lam.

La., opens up about law enforcement's work to find all the inmates that escaped from jail and pledges to hold abettors accountable on "America Reports."

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and Louisiana law enforcement agencies will provide an update on the search for inmates who escaped from the Orleans Justice Center. On Friday, May 16, the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office reported that multiple inmates had escaped from the jail after they were discovered missing during a routine headcount around 8:30 a.

At least a dozen law enforcement agencies are searching Saturday for seven of the 10 men who broke out of a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall. A law enforcement photograph obtained by The Associated Press shows the opening through which the men escaped.

Gov. Jeff Landry slammed progressive criminal justice policies in a Sunday night press conference amid a manhunt for dangerous prisoners who escaped from the Orleans Parish jail.