The 10 inmates broke out of the New Orleans jail at about 1 a.m. on May 16. By night, three had been recaptured.

There are indications the prisoners had help from “inside of our department,” the Orleans Parish sheriff said. Three employees are on leave, and an investigation is underway.

Surveillance cameras at a prison in New Orleans captured the moment a group of inmates managed to escape and their subsequent mad dash toward the nearest roadway.