'To Easy LoL' - New Orleans jail break may have been inside job

The inmates ripped a toilet from the wall and escaped through a hole before running across a highway.

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The inmates are thought to have fled around midnight, and were discovered missing during a headcount at 08:30 local time (13:30 GMT) at the Orleans Parish Jail on Friday morning. One of the 10 has been recaptured.

"There's no way for anyone to get out of this facility without help," Sheriff Susan Huston said during a news conference.

The sheriff's office posted photos showing how the inmates escaped, which included taunting messages apparently left by the escapees. "To Easy LoL," one message read.

One inmate was apprehended in New Orleans' French Quarter, police said. The other nine are considered "armed and dangerous", the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office said, adding that a manhunt was continuing.