Louisiana inmates on the run after escaping by breaking through degrading jail wall

Key Highlights

• Earlier this year 10 inmates broke out of a New Orleans jail after crawling through a hole behind a toilet.
• It wasn't until five months later — following the discovery of the escape crime scene with a message that read “To Easy LoL," finger-pointing by officials as to who was to blame for the audacious escape and a search that spanned multiple states — that all 10 inmates were recaptured. Wednesday morning's escape, which took place at the St.
• Landry Parish Jail, involved three inmates.
• Sheriff Bobby J.
• Guidroz, who oversees the jail in Opelousas, about 130 miles (209 kilometers) northwest of New Orleans, said the "inmates discovered a degrading part of an upper wall area and over time, removed the mortar allowing them to remove concrete blocks and provide their exit.” The inmates then used “sheets and other items” to scale the outer wall and “drop onto” the first floor roof, before “lowering themselves to the ground,” Guidroz said in a press release.