Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson and the CFO were both indicted on charges in connection with last year’s jailbreak.
Last May, 10 dangerous inmates, including murderers, at the Orleans Parish Correctional Facility escaped.
Some bolts were removed from the outside of the jail wall, so investigators were looking into who was in the area at the time, leading up to the breach.
Ten inmates broke free from the prison: Antoine Massey, Lenton Venburen, Leo Tate, Kendell Myles, Derrick Groves, Jermaine Donald, Corey Boyd, Gary Price, Robert Moody, Dkenan Dennis, and Keith Lewis.
Footage from inside the prison shows inmates attempting to rip a door open before fleeing, reportedly through a hole hidden behind a toilet.
Law enforcement was able to finally apprehend all of the escapees.
Thirteen people were charged with helping the inmates escape.
Susan Hutson was indicted on 30 felony counts, including malfeasance in office, obstruction of justice and other charges.
CNN reported:
Almost a year after 10 Louisiana inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail, the Orleans Parish sheriff and the office’s chief financial officer were indicted by a special grand jury on charges of malfeasance and other crimes in relation to the jailbreak.
Ten prisoners housed in the Orleans Justice Center made their escape last spring, maneuvering out of a small hole in a wall and making their way out into the night. All 10 escapees were eventually recaptured, and 13 people were charged with helping the escapees, both inside jail and once they were at large.
Susan Hutson, the current Orleans Sheriff, was indicted on 30 felony charges, including malfeasance in office, filing or maintaining false public records, and obstruction of justice, among other charges, the attorney general’s office said in a release Wednesday.
Bianka Brown, the chief financial officer for the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, was also indicted on 20 similar felony charges of malfeasance in office, filing or maintaining false public records, and obstruction of justice, according to the attorney general’s office.
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