New Orleans Jailbreak: FBI Increases Reward to $10,000 per Escaped Inmate

Gov. Jeff Landry said he had called for an audit of the Orleans Correctional Facility for compliance with ‘basic jail guidelines.’

Photos provided by Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office show, at top from left: Dkenan Dennis (captured), Gary C Price, Robert Moody (captured), Kendell Myles (captured), Corey E Boyd. Bottom from left: Lenton Vanburen Jr, Jermaine Donald, Antonine T Massey, Derrick D. Groves, and Leo Tate Sr. Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office via AP

The FBI said on May 18 that it has increased the reward for information leading to the arrests of seven inmates who remain at large after escaping a New Orleans jail.

Ten inmates facing various charges escaped from the Orleans Parish Justice Center around 1 a.m. on May 16 by breaching a wall behind a toilet and fleeing across an interstate highway.