For the second time within two weeks, a teen murder suspect has escaped from the same jail in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was held with another teenager in the youth jail when he escaped for the second time, Scripps News reported.
The 17-year-olds are both accused of first-degree murder. They fled from the East Baton Rouge Juvenile Detention Center, according to Baton Rouge Police. It's unclear how the boys escaped, Scripps News reported.
One of the teens previously escaped the detention center with a different detainee on Nov. 13, but both were apprehended less than 24 hours later, Scripps News reported. They escaped when guards escorted people back in their cells after a fight broke out in the facility, according to local newspaper The Advocate.
The East Baton Rouge juvenile facility has experienced repeated escapes and violent episodes, The Advocate added.
In 2021, five prisoners escaped after attacking a staffer, taking her keys and locking her inside a cell without a radio. Some of them also attacked staffers with makeshift knives. In February, 2022, a fight involving eight teens left three of them injured, Scripps News reported.
East Baton Rouge Parish has earmarked $2 million for security upgrades. After the escape earlier in November, parish officials said those upgrades were still in the planning and design phase.
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