More residents of the New Orleans area have been arrested and charged with helping recently escaped jail prisoners than the number of prisoners recaptured since the mass jailbreak.

There are now at least six civilians charged with helping the escaped prisoners in some fashion, while only five of the 10 prisoners involved in a mass breakout from the Orleans Parish jail have been returned to custody. CNN reported that another arrest has been made for helping with the breakout. The seventh related arrest involved a man already in custody, but he was not one of those who broke out of the jail.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is taking a more public position in the case. Her office posted about one of the two most recent arrests for assisting the May 16 jailbreak.

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