NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Louisiana Lawyer Common Liz Murrill says she has been working continuous with District Lawyer Jason Williams, the Metropolis Council, the State Supreme Courtroom, Gov. Jeff Landry and Federal Decide Lance Africk.

She says her precedence is to determine what occurred earlier than the inmates hopped the wall and the way they even made it to that time to start with.

When requested whether or not or not the incident was a results of a consent decree violation, Murrill stated that she was unable to deal with that for the time being.

“It’s a steady course of and I do not wish to communicate on all of these particulars whereas now we have an open investigation into all of that,” Murrill stated.

Murrill says for a deeper dive, Landry has issued an government order for an audit of the jail by the Division of Corrections someday this week.

“They are going to take a look at the present scenario. You already know, one of many issues that we have had conversations about with the sheriff are the doorways, sliding doorways, swinging doorways, the locks, issues like that, the fencing,” Murrill stated.

She additionally addressed new laws that may drive jails housing grownup offenders to instantly report all escapes, saying the concept is widespread sense.

“It should not take this to occur to have that type of coverage to be put into place, but when that is what we’d like then we’ll do it,” Murrill stated.

When requested if Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson ought to resign, Murrill stated that is not on her thoughts proper now.

“I feel we must be targeted on the duty at hand: get well the people who’re on the market, be sure that public security is being addressed and security and safety on the jail,” Murrill stated.

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