The 10th and final escapee from a New Orleans jailbreak is captured after five months

Rachel Treisman

October 09, 2025 / 7:21 am

Derrick Groves, the last of the 10 men who escaped from a New Orleans prison in May, was captured in the crawl space of a home in Atlanta on Wednesday.

The escapees, who ranged in age from their teens to early 40s, broke out of the Orleans Parish Justice Center in the early hours of May 16 by climbing through a hole in the wall behind a toilet, scaling a fence and crossing an interstate.

By the time authorities discovered them missing during a routine morning head count, they were long gone, leaving behind a smiley face and several taunting messages — including "To easy LoL" — scrawled on the bathroom wall.

Three of the escapes were recaptured in New Or

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