One of the most basic responsibilities of running a jail is making sure the people who are required to be held there remain locked up. Yet, once more, the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office has shown it’s not up to the job.
In a genuinely shocking security lapse, another inmate is now at large, just two months after 10 other inmates pulled off a brash late-night escape from the Orleans Justice Center, allegedly with inside help.
This time, there’s no real question of what went wrong…