According to reports, 10 “armed and dangerous” inmates escaped a New Orleans jail Friday morning. The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office said it’s possible the inmates had inside help. “Two inmates have been captured, and eight remain at large,” CBS News noted. “A law enforcement source shared a photo of a hole in the wall of the Orleans jail where 11 inmates reportedly escaped,” FOX 8 New Orleans stated. A law enforcement source shared a photo of a hole in the wall of the Orleans jail where 11 inmates reportedly escaped. Scribbled around the hole are messages including “To Easy LOL,” “Catch us when you can,” “We innocent,” “Most Hated,” and expletives. https://t.co/BYYesWprql pic.twitter.com/vtQSyTDBUT — FOX 8 New Orleans (@FOX8NOLA) May 16, 2025 CBS News reports: Earlier, the sheriff’s office had said 11 inmates had escaped the jail but updated the count later on Friday. Keith Lewis was incorrectly identified as an escapee, Sheriff Susan Hutson said during a news conference. “There’s no way for anyone to get out of this facility without help from the outside,” Hutson said. The inmates were discovered missing during a routine head count conducted at 8:30 a.m. local time at the Orleans Parish Jail, according to the sheriff’s office. They are believed to have escaped sometime just after midnight. The sheriff said that around 12:23 a.m., the inmates yanked the sliding jail cell door off the track and at 1:01 a.m., they exited the jail after breaching a wall behind a toilet. The toilet and bolts were removed using toiletry items, the sheriff said, but didn’t specify what the items were. The inmates then scaled down a wall and ran across the interstate. The Orleans County Sheriff’s Office on Friday night released security video of the extraordinary escape, which shows the inmates sprinting out of the prison and then traversing the freeway. “After escaping through the hole, the inmates used blankets to scale over a barbed wire fence. They then had a clear path to railroad tracks and then the freeway,” Collin Rugg wrote. WATCH: UPDATE: 8 inmates are still at large including 4 who are convicted of m*rder after they escaped through a hole behind a toilet from a jail cell in New Orleans. Police have released footage of the men fleeing the scene. After escaping through the hole, the inmates used blankets… pic.twitter.com/Ldz9S0KwsY — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 17, 2025 “If you recognize anyone pictured, DO NOT APPROACH — they may be armed & dangerous. Call 911 immediately,” the New Orleans Police Department wrote. “ANYONE HELPING THESE ESCAPEES WILL BE ARRESTED & CHARGED AS AN ACCOMPLICE,” it added. ESCAPED INMATES 11 men escaped OPSO custody at the Orleans Parish Jail — 10 remain at large. If you recognize anyone pictured, DO NOT APPROACH — they may be armed & dangerous. Call 911 immediately. ANYONE HELPING THESE ESCAPEES WILL BE ARRESTED & CHARGED AS AN ACCOMPLICE. pic.twitter.com/xxSiwd4gi0 — New Orleans Police Department (@NOPDNews) May 16, 2025 Per NOLA.com: The cameras that captured the escape are several of about 900 at the facility, authorities said. On the night of the escape, a corrections monitoring technician, a civilian, was monitoring Pod 1D. Civilians are assigned to those roles when deputies aren’t available, officials said. When the technician stepped away to eat, the inmates escaped by slipping through the damaged pipe-chase area at the rear of the cell. More than 200 federal, state and local law enforcement personnel, including the New Orleans Police Department, U.S. Marshals, ATF, Homeland Security and the FBI, are assisting in the hunt for 10 escaped inmates, at least five of whom have murder or attempted murder convictions or pending charges, officials said. WATCH: