NEW ORLEANS (TNND) — The reward for the capture of the two remaining escapees in New Orleans has more than doubled and is now up to $50,000 per inmate.

The New Orleans Police Department and other law enforcement agencies held a news conference Thursday afternoon to provide an update on the last two fugitives: Derrick Groves and Antoine Massey.

Louisiana State Police Superintendent Col. Robert Hodges said the increase in the reward will help them get more tips, "Which means we're going to close in faster."

"They're tired. They're looking over their shoulder. They're running out of resources," Hodges said.

Officials warned that the escapees are extremely dangerous. Massey is charged with domestic abuse involving strangulation and theft of a motor vehicle, according to records. He also has an arrest warrant in St. Tammany Parish for second-degree rape, second-degree kidnapping, domestic abuse involving strangulation and violation of a protective order involving battery, USA TODAY reported.

Groves was convicted of killing two people on Mardi Gras in 2018. He was found to be one of the gunmen who fired an AK-47-style assault rifle.

Ten inmates escaped from the Orleans Parish Jail on May 16 by squeezing through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a barbed-wire fence. The words "To Easy LoL" were seen written on the cell wall in photos.

Crimestoppers is offering $20,000, the FBI pledged another $20,000 and the ATF added $10,000 to the reward.

Eight of the escapees have since been caught and several people have been arrested and charged with accessory after the fact.

Sterling Williams, a maintenance worker at the jail, was the first arrest in connection with the escaped inmates.

Williams, 38, admitted to agents that one of the escapees told him to turn the water off in the cell where the inmates escaped from or they would "shank him," according to investigators.

Law enforcement didn't learn about the escape until more than seven hours after the men fled the facility at 1 a.m., according to authorities.