New Orleans has made strides over Cantrell's eight-year term. But its leaders have struggled with other challenges.

More than a decade before the recent New Orleans jailbreak, the city's lawless lockup went viral in a series of videos ...

New arrest over escaped Louisiana prisoners as five fugitives still on the run - Another New Orleans woman has been arrested ...

As five fugitives from a New Orleans jail remain on the run, another inmate escaped from a jail outside the city before being recaptured. Authorities say a video showing 22-year-old Tra’von Johnson, ...