Fiscal Fragility: How New Orleans Jail’s Double‑Dipping Lapse Sparked an Escape and a Costly Auditor Wake‑Up Call
Fiscal Fragility: How New Orleans Jail’s Double-Dipping Lapse Sparked an Escape and a Costly Auditor Wake-Up Call
In early 2024 a simple accounting error - double-dipping on vendor payments - sent the New Orleans jail spiraling into a fiscal crisis, directly contributing to a high-risk inmate escape and forcing