India, May 16 -- 11 "dangerous" men have escaped from a New Orleans prison. On Friday, the Orleans Justice Center was placed on full lockdown after nearly a dozen inmates were unaccounted for during a routine headcount at 8:30 am, Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson said, per ABC News.

Hutson asked the public to remain alert, noting that the runaways should be considered "armed and dangerous." The sheriff's office said that while one of the men had been apprehended, they are working on a "full-scale search operation" for the rest of them, alongside local, state, and federal law enforcement.

The sheriff called the escape "very serious and unacceptable," adding, "We are launching a full investigation to determine how this escape occurred,...