Tangipahoa Parish inmates to be transferred amid ongoing seek for escapees
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AMITE, La. (WGNO) — U.S. Marshals have now joined the seek for two inmates who escaped the Tangipahoa Parish Jail on Sunday and are nonetheless at massive.
Two different inmates who escaped on Saturday have been apprehended Monday. Twenty-year-old Jamarcus Cyprian and 19-year-old Omarion Hookfin have now been on the run for 4 days.
“With the assistance of state officers, even U.S. Marshals, they’re out searching for the final two escapees,” mentioned Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff-elect Gerald Sticker. “They’re working tirelessly to get these two people again into custody.”
The jail is in Amite, proper by a residential neighborhood. WGNO requested one neighbor in the event that they have been assured regulation enforcement officers would be capable to apprehend the 2 inmates.
“By it being native, I hope so, however I simply hope it’s not an inside job,” mentioned neighbor Jerome McGee.
Thursday afternoon, inmates from Rayburn Correction Heart could possibly be seen on jail property, repairing the fence line by laying down extra razor wire.
In response to Sticker, the sheriff’s workplace can be getting assist from the state as they cope with a staffing scarcity on the jail.
“To present us time to get our arms wrapped across the jail, to get it again safe and ensure all people is snug, they’re going to alleviate a few of that off of us and pull a few of these DOCs out,” Sticker defined.
Though Sticker doesn’t take workplace till July 1, he says he has a jail committee already working with the parish authorities on creating a plan to deal with the jail’s deficiencies.
“We’re simply ramping up our plan, so when July 1 comes, hopefully we’ll have a very good head begin, and we’ll be capable to hit the bottom, working,” Sticker mentioned.
WGNO reached out to the Louisiana Division of Public Security and Corrections for remark. A spokesman supplied the next assertion:
The Division of Corrections plans to switch a small portion of state inmates from the Tangipahoa Parish Jail to undisclosed jails and prisons. The latest escapes on the facility don’t have anything to do with this choice. Attributable to safety causes, no additional particulars can be found.
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