US authorities capture nine fugitives following New Orleans jailbreak

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00:00Nine down and one to go, the Louisiana State Police have captured most of the escaped inmates

00:06from Orleans Parish Prison, the latest Antoine Massie, who was peacefully walked out of his

00:13own home and taken into custody in New Orleans on Friday.

00:17The inmate had been facing charges of domestic abuse, motor vehicle theft and parole violation.

00:24Police have put out a reward of $50,000 to find the last fugitive, Derek Groves, encouraging

00:31anyone with information to contact them.

00:33We still have one more.

00:35We have Groves and so Groves knows that we are going to capture you, you will be taken

00:45into custody but you still have the option to peacefully turn yourself in and we will

00:51make an appeal to you to do so.

00:54The group of inmates, ranging from 19 years old to 42, face a variety of charges including

01:00aggravated assault, domestic abuse, battery and murder.

01:04They had yanked open a faulty cell door, removed a toilet, then crawled through a hole in the

01:09wall behind it and scaled a barbed wire fence before running out of the facility.

01:15The jailbreak, which police say occurred shortly after midnight, went unnoticed for hours until

01:21a routine headcount at 8.30am when the prisoners were found missing.

01:26Authorities launched a six-week manhunt, catching them in various places, from New Orleans' famous

01:32French Quarter to other parts of the state of Louisiana and some even in Texas.

01:38The Orleans' Paris Sheriff, who oversees the prison where 1,400 people are being held, has

01:44largely blamed the jailbreak on the facility's poor infrastructure and a lack of renovation made

01:49to it.

01:50At least 16 people have also been arrested by authorities accused of helping the prisoners

01:56escape.

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