A team of over 200 local, state and federal law enforcement officers and agents is working around the clock to capture the remaining missing inmates who broke out of a New Orleans jail in a stunning overnight escape last week,

The Washington Post investigation published this week reported that New Orleans police were using Project N.O.L.A.'s network of facial recognition cameras to monitor the streets for wanted suspects over the past two years in ways that appeared "out of step" with the local ordinance.

The New Orleans Coroner's Office has identified two men killed in separate shootings earlier this week. The deaths of Dave Jefferson and Antonio Rainey, both 45, have been classified as homicides and the investigation into their deaths is ongoing.

Louisiana State Police, who have yet to find half of the Orleans Parish Prison escapees, announced the arrest of two women on Thursday – one who allegedly gave food to an escapee and another who was suspected to have been “in contact via phone” with one of the former prisoners.

Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams scorched Sheriff Susan Hutson for failing to order an investigation into the crime scene where 10 inmates escaped from jail.

The Washington Post found that NOPD "secretly relied" on AI-equipped facial recognition cameras. But the use of such technology contrasts with guidelines in a 2022 city ordinance.