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• Inmate deemed 'flight risk' busted in Monday evening jailbreak attempt

  June 30, 2020 4:44 PM

  ST. GABRIEL - An inmate deemed a "flight risk" and ordered housed at a state prison while awaiting trial attempted to escape from the lockup facility in Iberville Parish. The state released details of the escape attempted Tuesday, a day after the incident. Aaron Dun, 32, scaled an... more »

• Inmate reportedly had gun inside area prison

  April 28, 2017 5:55 PM

  ST. GABRIEL – Sources described a shakedown of the state-run prison for men in Iberville Parish as a futile effort to find a reported, smuggled weapon. Multiple sources discussed the situation with the WBRZ News 2 Investigative Unit Friday but state corrections officials said no gun was found. A... more »

• Elayn Hunt Correctional cadet booked for trying to smuggle drugs, phones

  March 7, 2017 12:54 PM

  BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections fired a corrections cadet for trying to smuggle drugs and cellphones into the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center. St. Gabriel Police detectives arrested 29-year-old Jomar Jackson with felony introduction of contraband. Jackson tried to avoid a routine search... more »

• Second Elayn Hunt cadet arrested for smuggling drugs to inmates Play Video

  April 21, 2016 10:44 AM

  ST. GABRIEL - A second cadet at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center was arrested Wednesday for attempting to smuggle drugs into the jail, according to St. Gabriel Police. The cadet, 26-year-old Tierra Lewis, was booked on charges of introduction of contraband into a correctional facility and malfeasance in office after... more »