Sheriff Susan Hutson wasn't asked about — and didn't address — last Friday's mistaken release of a jail detainee.

Despite rock-bottom approval ratings and a barrage of criticism two months after May’s jailbreak, Orleans Parish Sheriff ...

Landry and co-author State Rep. Debbie Villio (R-Kenner) crafted the new law that requires a sheriff or jail leadership to ...

A Fox 8 political analyst said Sheriff Susan Hutson’s battle with criminal court judges is just the latest obstacle in her bid for re-election. MORE: Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson held in ...

Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson is in the midst of fresh controversy after her office mistakenly released the wrong ...

As Sheriff Susan Hutson remains in contempt for failing to provide weekend transports to courts in the past, the office will take “extreme measures” this weekend to make it happen.

N EW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson took the opportunity at a public campaign forum Tuesday (July 29) to suggest the May 16 jailbreak by 10 inmates at the facility she oversees ...

Sheriff Susan Hutson said the inmate was released after OPSO mixed him up with a person with the same last name.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Two city leaders on Monday (July 28) called on Sheriff Susan Hutson to seek help running the troubled ...

University of New Orleans political science professor Ed Chervenak says he’s not surprised that Sheriff Hutson intends to qualify to run for reelection. Still, Chervenak acknowledges that Hutson is a ...

Two deputies have been fired and five are suspended after an inmate was mistakenly released from jail last week due to "human error compounded by inadequate protocol adherence," Orleans Parish Sheriff ...

This incident reflects a failure in execution, and we are taking full accountability,” said Sheriff Susan Hutson.