New Orleans Jail Mix-Up: 6'4" Man Mistaken for Toilet Escapee

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New Orleans inmate Khalil Bryan, 6-foot-4 and charged with home invasion, exited Orleans Parish Justice Center after officials confused his last name—months after 10 men escaped via a bathroom wall. How common are mistaken releases? What happens when a prisoner is 'lost' by paperwork? Sheriff Susan Hutson confessed, “This should not have happened.”

Unlike the toilet-wall escapees, Bryan’s freedom resulted from a typographical slip, not tunneling; now officials are investigating the surreal swing between digital forms and literal holes in the wall. Can inmates really vanish due to clerical errors? What is the process when jail mistakes occur? Hutson apologized, promising, “We will get this right.” Meanwhile, the city’s wanted posters seem to double as invitations to an involuntary improv show.

Of the 10 inmates who previously broke free through a cell toilet hole, nine were recaptured after a monthlong search—meaning Orleans Parish’s paperwork nearly outperformed actual concrete walls.

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