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.

Two Louisiana Democrats are calling on Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson to resign following the escape of 10 inmates.

Embattled Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson announced on Wednesday that she is suspending her reelection campaign a day after she accepted blame for the escape of 10 inmates from the New Orleans jai

Susan Hutson, the New Orleans police sheriff in charge of the jail where 10 inmates escaped last week, has decided to suspend her campaign.

Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson, who oversees the jail from which 10 inmates escaped, spurring a five-day manhunt, apologized for the first time Tuesday as she faced calls to resign.

Three jail staff members have been suspended pending the investigation. The sheriff has not said if the civilian monitoring tech was one of them.