New Orleans officials mistakenly release inmate from same prison where 10 escaped in May

Officials in New Orleans are calling on an inmate to turn himself in after a clerical error led him to be mistakenly released from the same prison where 10 men escaped earlier this year

Officials in New Orleans are calling on an inmate to turn himself in after a clerical error led him to be mistakenly released from the same prison where 10 men escaped earlier this year.

Khalil Bryan was mistakenly released from the Orleans Parish Justice Center by the sheriff’s office, an apologetic New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said at a Friday news conference.

Also at the Friday news conference, Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson made “a sincere apology to the people of New Orleans” and took “full responsibility” for Bryan’s mistaken release.

Bryan was released after a clerical error caused officials to confuse him with another inmate with a similar last name, Hutson said.

“While our systems are designed to catch these discrepancies, human error led to a breakdown in the verification process,” Hutson said.