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

WDSU investigator Aubry Killion spoke with Hutson as she walked into City Hall for a hearing with the New Orleans City Council.

Following last week’s jailbreak and Tuesday’s hearing with the New Orleans City Council, Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson has announced that she is temporarily suspending her re-election campaign, citing a commitment to security, accountability, and public safety.

Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson had no prior experience in law enforcement. In the wake of the infamous jailbreak at the Orleans Parish Justice Center, one political analyst predicts voters will be seeking a law-and-order type candidate.

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.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Just days before 10 men broke out of a New Orleans jail, officials with the sheriff’s office asked for money to fix faulty locks and cell doors deemed a key factor in the escape.

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,