The jail complex, in East Meadow, held 1,863 inmates last week, 284 fewer than its capacity of 2,147.
The arrests were the second in a week involving employees at the city's jail complex.
The Legal Aid Society said the order put the rules on hold throughout the jail complex.
As of 1998 it was the county's largest jail complex.
The nation's largest jail complex braced for a riot.
The escape led to disciplinary action against staff members and a review of security measures at the jail complex.
It only served the county for four years, being replaced by a larger brick courthouse and jail complex in 1838.
More than 300 homemade weapons had been found in the jail complex since the beginning of December.
The jail complex at 225 and 271 Poplar is attached to the building.
In March, the $250,000 drawing, displayed near the entrance of a jail complex, disappeared, and it has not been recovered.