Authorities are searching for more than half of the 10 men who escaped from New Orleans prison on Friday, leaving a sarcastic message by climbing through a hole in the wall behind the toilet, zooming in the fence and crossing the interstate.

Louisiana authorities have occupied four suspects as of Tuesday and have been arrested for the first time in the case: a prison employee is accused of promoting an escape.

Six men are still relaxing, some facing serious charges, including second-degree murder. Officials asked the public to remain alert, report prompts or anything suspicious, rewarding up to $20,000 for every suspect arrest.

The search continued, with Louisiana authorities pointing their fingers and raising questions about the causes of the jailbreak, ranging from allegations that the facility was mismanaged to fearing the escapees would be helpful internally.

Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican who has pushed the criminal offense agenda since taking office in 2024, announced a massive investigation into the state’s criminal justice system on Monday.

"My statistics tell me that this huge jailbreak is probably the biggest jailbreak in the state's history and should never happen," Landry said.

That's all we know so far.

Who escaped, who is still relaxing?

Escapers ranged from their teens to the early 40s, although most were in their 20s. Escape was arrested Friday.

Louisiana Police said law enforcement found Kendell Myles in the French Quarter and rebooked him on new simple escape charges after a brief chase. By the end of the day, they captured two other suspects with the help of the criminal operation: Robert Moody and Dkenan Dennis.

Authorities found Gary Price, the fourth suspect, in New Orleans on Monday. State Police said Price was initially sentenced to jail on alleged first-degree murder and domestic abuse and faces new charges, including simple escape and unauthorized residence. He has been transported to "safe national facilities outside the region".

The six people still running are Antoine Messi, Leton Vanburen, Jermaine Donald, Leo, Derek Groves and Cory Boyd.

The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office (OPSO) said more than 200 law enforcement officers were part of the ongoing search and asked the public to remain vigilant.

District Attorney Jason Williams said “armed and dangerous people” pose risks to the parish and possible scope. He said two attorneys had helped secure the conviction of one of the escaped men "got out of town this weekend with their family this weekend due to fears of retribution and retaliation."

How did men escape?

A routine total of 8:30 a.m. Friday at 8:30 a.m., OPSO said the incarcerated person went missing at the Orleans Justice Center. It turned out that they had been away for several hours.

According to the sheriff's office schedule, video footage showed several detainees "opened the sliding door" and then arrived at the cell at 12:22 a.m. at 3:43 AM. At 1 a.m., the surveillance camera of the facility was seen on the surveillance camera, passing through the door of the loading dock.

Surveillance footage released by the sheriff's office showed the man wearing grey and orange prison costumes, jumping off the low platform and running away at full speed. The sheriff's office also released photos taken in the cell showing the hole behind the toilet. A smiling face and a few messages were scattered on the walls, including: "Just laugh."

About 20 minutes later, they saw them zooming the fence on the perimeter, “with a blanket to avoid stabbing the barbed wire.”

It added: "From there, they fled both directions of I-10 and entered a nearby community where OPSO investigators later restored discarded clothes that were believed to belong to the escapees."

Why do authorities think the escapee is helpful?

After the escape, the sheriff’s office determined several mistakes at the facility.

It said that during the escape, no agents were assigned to the pod where the suspect was placed, and civilian employees stationed there “shortly stepped on the food.” The review of physical security infrastructure also shows signs of tampering.

"The steel rods that protected the pipe fixtures were intact before escape," the sheriff's office said. "After escape, it seemed that at least one steel rod was intentionally cut with a tool, which damaged the integrity of the POD safety function."

The Sheriff's Office said it had put three employees on a pause before the findings.

Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson told reporters that defective locks on the cell door are part of the responsibility. But she also said: “No one can leave the facility without help.”

Hutson said there was a "significance" in her office that the detainees were helped by "individuals within our department."

"There are supervisors on duty," Hutson said. "There are people on duty, they all have work to do, and we'll find out exactly what's going on." ”

Who was arrested?

On Tuesday, the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation arrested prison employees related to the escape. It said Sterling Williams, 33, a maintenance officer in the sheriff's office, admitted to the agents: "One of the escapees suggested that he shut down the water in the cell where the prisoner escaped."

“Williams did not instruct the prisoners, but shut down the water so that the prisoners could execute their plans to escape successfully,” it said.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is investigating “everything happened before violent prisoners at the Orleans Justice Center crossed the wall.”

"We will eventually reveal all the facts that anyone who supports and teaches will be prosecuted in full as permitted by law," she said on Tuesday.

The Orleans Parish Prison has been under federal consent since 2013, and for years, federal monitor compliance reports say that OPSO has not met certain security and oversight requirements even since Hutson took over in 2022.

Hutson has been under increasing scrutiny since her escape, with at least one state representative calling for her to resign. Hutson said Friday that she "wrote letters to the consenting judge, the city council and everyone who is willing to listen" for money such as the flawed lock. She refused to apologize to the public, and she believed that escape could be part of a political plot, "We are preparing to start the sheriff's race."

What's going on now?

In addition to the Attorney General’s investigation, the governor directed the Bureau of Corrections to review the prison to comply with the basic guidelines and to evacuate all incarcerated persons from the facility.

"Whatever the cost of (audience) is, the fact is that it needs to be completed," Landry said Sunday. "We will finish this weekend."

The WWNO report said he also issued an execution order to examine all aspects of the broader criminal justice system, including the mission of the state inspector general, to identify all pre-trial detainees who are still awaiting sentences, and to ask the state judicial board to investigate judges with high publicity rates, or the case is slow.

"Nine of these 10 escapees were sitting in prison waiting for trial," he said. "If they were sentenced, if they were convicted, sentenced, they would most likely not be in Orleans Parish prison, nor in a state prison."

He named Derrick Groves, who was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2018 Mardi Gras Double shooting.

"If he would be sentenced by the court system, he would most likely not have a chance to escape," Landry said.