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