Five inmates are on the lam after escaping a New Orleans jail. Some of those closest to the crimes are on edge, but other residents are unafraid.

Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson, who oversees the jail where 10 inmates escaped last week, announced Tuesday that she is suspending her reelection campaign, just hours after fielding tough questions from local leaders at a tense city council meeting.

Authorities say 10 men broke out of a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet. Seven of them are still on the lam.

The massive manhunt for five of the 10 inmates who escaped a New Orleans jail stretched into a sixth day on May 21, a day after the fifth inmate was recaptured and a maintenance worker was arrested in connection with the case.