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Sheriff Susan Hutson has identified $19 million in capital repairs for the city’s jail and will issue bonds to cover most of ...
Newell Normand explains why Cantrell’s administration is withholding half of the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office’s quarterly ...
Conversations around the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office's finances continued Monday during a New Orleans City Council ...
The longstanding council-sheriff clash over funding for the city's jail blew up into a major issue after the May 16 escape of ...
Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson sent a campaign email praising security improvements just days before 10 inmates escaped from the Louisiana jail.
After 10 inmates escape from Orleans Parish Prison, Sheriff Susan Hutson is under fire for leadership failures, prompting a pause in her re-election efforts. Fox News Media; ...
A total of 10 inmates escaped from the jail on May 16. Antoine Massey, one of the two who remained at large, is in custody, ...
White’s subpoena orders Hutson to appear in her section of court Monday at 9:30 a.m. WWL-TV is still waiting on a response for comment from the sheriff’s office on the mandamus, but in an ...
This story appears in the May/June 2025 issue of ESSENCE, on newsstands April 24. On a sunny Sunday during the Carnival season, Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson is riding along the Krewe of ...
Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson speaks to members of the media during a news conference in New Orleans on Friday, May 16, 2025. Ten inmates escaped from the jail early Friday morning.
Susan Hutson, the New Orleans sheriff responsible for the jail from which 10 inmates escaped last week, is suspending her campaign for reelection.. Her announcement came just hours after a city ...