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The deficient security protocols enabled the serial artist to escape and nine others to break out of New Orleans Prison, according to a former federal prison.
“First of all, this prison was considered a train wreck in terms of only basic prison,” Cameron Lindsay told Fox News Digital.
Lindsay has worked for 20 years in the federal prison system, seven of which he is as a manager. He used to be the governing manager of the infamous Metropolitan detention center in Brooklyn. He also served as a manager in two private prison. He is now an advisor and expert.
“It seems that basic security inspections do not take place in prison. Prisoners should never be able to break the toilet from the wall and just be able to go right to the rim fence,” he said. “I mean, I just can’t believe it.”
This photo shows a hole left by prisoners who escaped the Orleans Parish Prison. (Sheriff of the Orleans Office)
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In 2013, the Parish Sheriff’s Office Orleans (OPSO), which runs Orleans’ repair facility of the parish, concluded a decree on consent with the Ministry of Justice to make prison operative. The decree was derived from a violation of civil rights, and Opso agreed to supervise the Federal Government and a two -year compliance check.
The latest of them Conformity check reports shows that the prison was fully in line with 42% of the decree measures and completely undoubtedly with at least 5%. Partially in accordance with about 53% of measures.
The report, published in October 2024, painting a picture of completely inadequate surveillance of prisoners, leading to violence and use of illegal drugs, schemes and extortion, and prisoners who have an unlimited time for fashion weapons from everyday prison.
Susan Hutson Sheriff speaks at the City Hall in New Orleans on May 20, 2025. (Sophia Germer/Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate via AP)
“There were significant incidents of violence that appeared within the facilities during the monitoring period; including the attacks and attacks of prisoners on the staff,” the report said. “The level of institution violence was still at high levels during this monitoring period.”
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“The prisoners seem to be rejected in their refusal to follow the rules and obey the commands of the security staff,” the report said. “It is very concerned about the staff and prisoners continue to convey the monitors that there are prisoners who act as” tanks bosses “and exhibit other prisoners and require payment for protection.”
The implementation of the law asks a fugitive in New Orleans on May 21, 2025. (Chris Granger/Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate via AP)
There was also no prison monitoring system that would check if safety checks were taking place and report at regular intervals.
These failures focused on the early morning hours of May 17, when 10 prisoners broke out from prison and ran Amok in the New Orleans area.
From Friday afternoon, five of them remained at large.
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“The prisoner’s security checks are a critical, industrially accepted minimum standard,” Lindsay told Fox News Digital. “Failure to carry out their implementation is a serious threat to the overall basic safety of any correctional object. [a] Lack of effective corrective leadership and perhaps a lack of appropriate funding. “
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One of the 10 escape was Antoine Massey, who kept in prison on an accusation of abuse in a family involving a strangled, stealing motor vehicle and a violation of conditional freedom. It was also sought after for rape and abduction in St. Tammany, According to Fox 8.
Massey has escaped in custody three times since 2007 and no longer had the right to release electronic ankle monitors because he continued to cut them off.
Antoine Massey (Sheriff of the Orleans Office)
Massey was still at large on Friday afternoon.
Linsday said he had to take from his perspective as the Opso manager Extraordinary precautions with Masseyknowing he has such history.
“He would be located in a safest place in prison,” he said. “All staff would be familiar with this person, as given his incredibly high risk for escape, I would require documented frequent checks at least once in 30 minutes of irregular schedule.”
“I would also insist on documented correct supervisors, ensuring that the line staff of the line strictly follow the guidelines for the prisoners of this caliber, representing the biggest threat to the community,” he said.
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Lindsay was critical of prison leadership.
“I don’t know why you would have nine high security individuals in one cell,” he said. “It just doesn’t sound like it’s a well -operated correctional object. It sounds like a mess.”
The Orleans Parish Prison was seen in New Orleans on May 16, 2025. (Brett Duke/Advocate via AP)
“And I tell you what, here’s another thing that tells me about the inefficiency of this facility,” he said. “I would tell you that they do not know first about emergency willingness, because when you have an escape, there should be an immediate response. There should be no delay. This information should go to the implementation of the law and through the community.”
The prisoners fled in the early morning of May 16th, but the staff in prison did not realize that they were missing until about 8:30 in the morning, UA said City Council meeting After the escape.
Anne Kirkpatrick informed the supervisor of the New Orleans Police Directorate at the escape of one of her captains, who heard about it in the media.
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“Escape is the most important failure in corrections,” Lindsay said.
“This is the most important failure, because your goal number 1 is to protect the community and then protect the staff and protect the prisoners. But your goal number 1 is to ensure that these prisoners are separated from the free society so you have to prevent escape.”
The Sheriff of the Orleans Parish Office did not respond to the commentary request.
