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.

Days after 10 men escaped from a New Orleans jail by slipping through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall, six 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.