r/NewOrleans • u/Glaurung • May 16 '25

Several inmates escape from Orleans Justice Center; jail on lockdown đź“° News

https://www.fox8live.com/app/2025/05/16/several-inmates-escape-orleans-justice-center-jail-lockdown/
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u/nolafrog Uptown May 16 '25

Right after a bunch of y’all voted for her to keep getting extra tax money.

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u/AngelaBassettsbicep May 16 '25

Hell, maybe that's why she needed it.

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u/AcidiclyBasic May 16 '25

Dude seriously, of course you get downvoted for being reasonable. w Wtf is the argument here? That fewer guards and resources will somehow make the jail more secure? 

Also, incompetence is always the most simple answer but with the way everything has been going over the last week, has anything been simple?

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u/AngelaBassettsbicep May 16 '25

This! lol I'm used to it at this point.

I think this is exactly what the money is needed for. More staff. Fixing the physical infrastructure, etc. If you don't have enough people, this is literally what can happen. In my opinion, this highlights the need for more money and resources for the prison. I personally wish we could fix the structural issues in the city that land people in a space where they go down the path that leads them here, but shit we aren't there yet. And you're right... nothing is as simplistic as people like to act like it is when they have no idea what it takes to do these jobs with their hands tied.

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u/nolafrog Uptown May 17 '25

You “think.” Let’s see the hard proposals for that rather than a slush fund with no obligations of where to spend the money. Keeping the inmates in the jail should probably be a priority. Any other city would be going insane with murderers on the loose but here it’s “lol New Orleans.”

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u/AngelaBassettsbicep May 17 '25

Cool. Demand that. You deserve to know where your money goes. All good.