Footage from AIR7HD showed firefighters attempting to extricate a person who was caught on the barbed wire.
It was not immediately known if the person caught in the barbed wire was an inmate or a person attempting to trespass.
Men's Central Jail was placed on lockdown as a head count was underway to see if inmates were missing after reports of an escaped inmate.
The jail was placed on lockdown and a head count took place to see if any inmates were missing.