The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
NEW ORLEANS — A fire last month in the Orleans Justice Center that led to the evacuation of an entire jail pod resulted in counts of aggravated arson for two inmates who allegedly started the blaze using a pile of mattresses, jumpsuits, blankets and Styrofoam plates.
According to court records, Derrick Clayton, 24, and Jarick S. Bourgeois Jr., 19, were each booked with 73 counts of aggravated arson after a June 9 blaze that represented another early test for Orleans Parish Sheriff Michelle Woodfork…