Five New Orleans area residents have now been arrested and charged with assisting some of the 10 prisoners who made a successful breakout from the Orleans Parish Jail on May 16. The latest two reported arrests followed an update from Louisiana State Police about the third being arrested Thursday.

Louisiana State Police have warned area residents that assisting an escaped prisoner will lead to criminal charges. Five of the 10 who broke out of the jail remain at large.

At least one of the prisoners captured following the breakout was nabbed after being identified by a regional surveillance camera system using an artificial intelligence facial recognition program, reported CNN.

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