Staffing Shortages, Old Facilities, and ‘Nothing to Lose’: These Are the Factors that Contribute to Prison Breaks Across the Country

How do prison breaks happen? Staffing shortages, old facilities, and 'nothing to lose'

Two high-profile prison breaks have unfolded in the past two weeks alone

By Zoe Sottile, CNN It looked like a movie: 10 inmates from a New Orleans prison surreptitiously cut the walls of their cells with electric hair cutters before fleeing in the middle of the night when an employee in charge of guarding the security cameras walked away to look for food. But it was real life, and experts claim that prison leaks occur every year across the country. New Orleans leaks have attracted media attention in part because of t…

Staffing shortages, old facilities, and ‘nothing to lose’: These are the factors that contribute to prison breaks across the country

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — It sounded like something out of a movie: Ten inmates at a New Orleans jail surreptitiously cut through cell walls using electric hair trimmers before fleeing into the dead of night when an employee tasked with watching security cameras stepped away for food. But it was real life — and experts say escapes from correctional facilities happen every year across the country. The New Orleans escapes have attracted media at…

New Orleans Prison Break: A Product of Progressivism

What 153 years of uninterrupted Democrat control can do. The post New Orleans Prison Break: A Product of Progressivism appeared first on Frontpage Mag.

The New Orleans jailbreak: crisis, blame, and a system built to break

Some of the loudest voices talking about problems that led to the jailbreak are the same ones who’ve supported underfunding and cuts to social services, education, and mental-health programs—drivers of crime and incarceration in the first place. The post The New Orleans jailbreak: crisis, blame, and a system built to break appeared first on The Lens.

Although it turns out to be true, in the United States there have been reports of the escape of prisoners in several prisons, which has generated not only the concern of the citizens, but also of the authorities, since this situation exposes the shortcomings in the prisons. Therefore, we let you know why the prisoners continue to escape from the prisons in the middle of 2025.