The 10 inmates who broke out of a New Orleans jail in a stunning overnight escape last week used electric hair trimmers with multiple clipper blades to help cut their way through the cell walls, a source with direct knowledge of the investigation told CNN.

As the fugitive search enters a second week, fears are increasingly giving way to frustration, anger and a desire for accountability.

A retired FBI expert says the New Orleans jail escape exposes critical staffing shortage and other issues after 10 inmates escaped on Friday, May 16.

An Orleans Justice Center inmate, who was not one of the 10 to escape last week, is facing new charges and accused of helping the others in the jailbreak, Louisiana

Ten men escaped from a New Orleans jail on Friday and four have been apprehended, officials with the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office said.

Ten inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail run by the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, sparking a massive search for the group.

A lawyer for a worker charged with helping 10 men escape a New Orleans jail says the worker did not know about the jailbreak plan.

An employee of the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office has been arrested in Friday's dramatic escape of 10 inmates from the Orleans Justice Center, the Louisiana Attorney General's Office confirmed Tuesday.

Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams scorched Sheriff Susan Hutson for failing to order an investigation into the crime scene where 10 inmates escaped from jail.