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Officials capture escaped inmate from St. Landry Parish Jail, leaving one remaining

2 minutes 13 seconds ago Friday, December 05 2025 Dec 5, 2025 December 05, 2025 5:19 PM December 05, 2025 in News
Source: WBRZ

OPELOUSAS - Authorities captured an escaped inmate out of St. Landry Parish, leaving one remaining, KATC reported.

WBRZ reported Wednesday that three inmates escaped from the prison. Officials said 24-year-olds Keith Eli and Jonathan Jevon Joseph chipped away at the mortar on a "degrading" wall, allowing them to remove concrete blocks from the wall and escape.

Authorities captured Joseph on Friday, officials said.

A third inmate, Joseph Allen Harrington, 26, of Melville, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a standoff in Port Barre.

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