Tre'veon Jackson, an inmate who escaped from the Caddo Correctional Center in Louisiana, was captured in Marshall, Texas, after an eight-day manhunt. The U.S. Marshals Office apprehended Jackson, who is now being held in Harrison County. His capture follows a public admission of security failures by the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office that led to his escape from deputy custody at a Shreveport hospital.
Jackson had been on the run since Monday, September 14, when he escaped from Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport where he had been taken for a medical evaluation. He was considered armed and dangerous and, after fleeing, carjacked a vehicle. The multi-agency search for Jackson spanned across Caddo and Bossier parishes, continuing through Wednesday morning, September 16.
Earlier on Tuesday, before Jackson's capture, Caddo Parish Sheriff Henry Whitehorn Sr. held a briefing to address the security lapses. Sheriff Whitehorn took full responsibility for the failures, detailing several protocols that were not followed. He stated that a second deputy should have been assigned to transport Jackson. Photos displayed by deputies at the briefing showed Jackson being transported with handcuffs and leg restraints, but Whitehorn emphasized that Jackson was never properly searched upon arrival at the hospital.
Furthermore, Sheriff Whitehorn noted that restraints should have been inspected, applied by the deputy, and double-locked at every transfer of custody. Officials indicated the transporting deputy was aware of Jackson's violent history but did not follow established search protocols. Whitehorn clarified that at the time of the escape, Jackson was classified as a level 2 inmate. The existing policy only required two deputies for the transport of level 3 inmates, and there was nothing in writing specifically requiring two deputies for a level 2 inmate, though it was "general knowledge of what we should and could do."
The Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office has since implemented a new requirement, mandating two deputies for the transport of any inmate deemed an escape risk. Personnel action against the transporting deputy and others involved has been handled under sheriff's office policy, though specific details were not publicly discussed. Sheriff Whitehorn affirmed, "I will not minimize what occurred, and I will not ask this community to accept this is just how it has always been done as an answer."
Jackson is accused of the murder of Horace Sparks five years ago. Sparks' family had sought answers regarding Jackson's escape and expressed concerns about not being properly notified. This was not Jackson's first escape; he had previously fled custody as a juvenile from Swanson Correctional Center in Monroe.
During the manhunt, questions arose about whether Shreveport's Flock cameras could have assisted in Jackson's immediate apprehension. Surveillance footage from early Tuesday morning, September 15, also showed a man believed to be Jackson walking through a Haughton mobile home park just hours after his escape.
Jackson's apprehension in Marshall concludes the eight-day search, with the inmate now held in Harrison County as Caddo Parish authorities manage the aftermath of the security breach and implement revised transport protocols.
