ST JAMES, Jamaica — One week after six prisoners escaped from the Freeport Police Station in St James, they are still at large.

The men escaped from their cell last Monday, between 4:00 am and 5:00 am, by “breaching the system through faulty plumbing fixtures in the bathroom area”, commander of the St James Police Division, Senior Superintendent of Police Steve McGregor had said last week.

The prisoners, he said, escaped over the perimeter wall into bushes near the police station.

A massive manhunt was launched after their escape; however, the police confirmed today that they are yet to recapture the prisoners.

Read: Six prisoners on the run in St James

The escapees are: Kelvin Hodge, 30, a labourer of Barnett Town, St James, who was charged with four counts of murder; Randy Murray, 30, a labourer of Landillo, Phase 6, Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, who was charged for illegal possession of a firearm; Marcus Robinson, 34, a higgler of Doom Street, Montego Bay, St James, who was charged for illegal possession of firearm; Gregory Roberts, 32, a labourer of Maroon Town, St James who was charged for robbery with aggravation; Benjamin Stephens, 21, of Dias, Lucea, St James, who was charged with murder; and Shaniel Luton, 26, of Farm Heights, St James, who was convicted of murder and scheduled to be sentenced on Friday, December 4.

No photographs of the men were provided to the media by the police.