Authorities have arrested an Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office maintenance worker in connection with the escape of 10 jail inmates.

The sheriff who oversees the New Orleans jail where 10 men escaped last week says defective locks were a key factor in the jailbreak.

Officials have increased the reward for the capture of seven escaped New Orleans inmates.

Three days after a 10 men escaped a New Orleans jail by slipping through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall, seven of them remain on the run.

Authorities say 10 men broke out of a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet.