Twenty teen inmates broke loose in a Louisiana juvenile detention center Thursday night and gained control of facility areas. They were pursued by a SWAT team on the grounds, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office. The center was secured at midnight and the inmates were returned to custody.
A prison employee and two inmates were injured and hospitalized.
The Bridge City Center has had several incidents and escapes in the past, including the same Thursday, in the early morning. Five inmates escaped by cutting through a bathroom ceiling and jumping a fence. Three teens were taken into custody early Thursday morning and one was apprehended Thursday afternoon. A 16-year-old boy from Tangipahoa Parish is still on the loose.
Several other inmates have escaped since April of last year.
The minimum security facility houses violent juvenile offenders.