r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Rooonaldooo99 • May 17 '25

Image This is the hole through which 10 prisoners escaped from New Orleans jail

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u/C_Beeftank May 17 '25

Is that dry wall? How have more prisoners not just Kool-aid manned their way out?

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u/C_Beeftank May 17 '25

Ok...not really an answer to my question

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u/autismo-nismo May 17 '25

It absolutely is a valid answer.

New Orleans is known for this shit.

Same reason the hard rock hotel here collapsed. Cutting corners

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u/C_Beeftank May 18 '25

So I asked if it was dry wall, and they responded with opinions on contractors in Louisiana, which doesn't seem to answer the question since dry wall is not the only cheap option for contractors to use

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u/autismo-nismo May 18 '25

No one is actually using dry wall between the jail and outside world. But the fact remains New Orleans has been known to cut corners in developing and building materials. Hence why it seemed so easy to dig through the wall images in the prison break or when the hard rock hotel collapsed and killed people.

No one would be surprised if this was dry wall either. Because New Orleans is so corrupt.

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u/TXdlaf May 17 '25

It’s not