Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson is suspending her campaign for reelection as fallout continues from last week’s escape by ten inmates from the city’s jail. The decision comes as public pressure mo

Those same sources told WDSU Investigates that the subpoenas are requesting all copies of Sheriff Hutson's text messages, emails, and other communications from midnight Friday until Sunday night.

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.

Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson has announced that she is temporarily suspending her campaign for re-election.

State representative Aimee Adatto Freeman, a Democrat from New Orleans, on Monday (May 19) called for Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson to resign. “The escape of 10 inmates from the Orleans Parish jail is an alarming failure of leadership,

After 11 people escaped the jail, Sheriff Susan Hutson swiftly faced criticism about her office's handling of the incident.

Authorities have arrested an Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office maintenance worker in connection with the escape of 10 jail inmates. Thirty-three-year-old Sterling Williams has admitted he turned the wat

Nearly 25 years ago, seven inmates broke free from a maximum-security prison in South Texas. A weeks-long manhunt ensued, ending with six caught and one dead.