StrikeQ said:
On a new game near the beginning, riding around I saw 2 Lords imprisoned at Ansen Lodge (Next to Javiksholm) however they are inside the cages/behind the bars and I am unable to talk with them to initiate the break out.
Did make sure you talk to the Guard and ask for his "keys" then defeat him and enter the prison?
As the only way you can break Lords out of the prison they are in, is by talking to the Prison Guard, asking for his Keys, then fighting him and after he is defeated, take his keys, then enter inside the building.
If for some reason you still can't talk to the prisoners to free em after you have done that, then it most likely a hardcoded Warband bug that there may be nothing we can do about.