ATLANTA — Derrick Groves, the last of ten inmates who escaped the Orleans Parish Justice Center in May, waived extradition Thursday after being arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, and is heading back to Louisiana.

Groves, when asked if he wanted to go back to Louisiana, said, "I want to return where I'm from," WWL reports.

Groves was taken into custody after a standoff with police in Atlanta on Wednesday, Attorney General Liz Murrill said.

According to WWL, Groves was surrounded at a home in southwest Atlanta midday Wednesday. Law enforcement reportedly gassed the home multiple times before Groves was taken into custody.

Murrill said Groves now faces new charges for his escape, and she plans to ensure that he is "prosecuted to the full extent of the law."

Groves, 31, escaped the New Or

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