2025 New Orleans jailbreak
CCTV footage of the inmates escaping | |
| Date | May 16, 2025, manhunt has ended after the capture of Groves |
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| Time | 12:23 – 1:01 a.m. (CDT) |
| Location | Orleans Parish Prison, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Type | Jail escape, manhunt |
| Participants | At least 10 (escapees potentially had help from jail employees) |
| Outcome | All escapees captured |
| Accused | 16 (1 jail employee, 1 jail inmate, 14 acquaintances) |
On May 16, 2025, ten inmates of the Orleans Parish Prison, located in New Orleans, Louisiana, escaped through a hole in the wall behind a toilet. Six of the ten inmates were charged with murder or attempted murder, and all inmates have since been recaptured as of October 8. Nine of the inmates are pre-trial.