Embattled Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson announced on Wednesday that she is suspending her reelection campaign in the wake of a mass jailbreak.

The worker did not know about the men’s plan and did not allow the inmates to cut a pipe behind the toilet to create an ...

A fifth inmate was recaptured following a breakout at a New Orleans jail last week, authorities announced, the same day a ...

A former New Orleans police chief criticized the "incompetence" of New Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson after a jailbreak.

WDSU has since obtained new video that gives a clearer picture of where some of the inmates went after breaking out of the prison.

A manhunt is still underway to capture the remaining men still at large after escaping a jail in New Orleans on Friday. The sheriff responsible for the jail says she's not running for re-election.

After 10 inmates escape from Orleans Parish Prison, Sheriff Susan Hutson is under fire for leadership failures, prompting a ...

After 10 inmates broke out of jail unnoticed for hours, a new bill aims to ensure victims, law enforcement, and the public are notified immediately in the future.

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 ...

In Central City, an increasingly familiar scene played out as rifle-toting state troopers and armored vehicles arrived as the ...

A lawyer for the maintenance worker accused of aiding 10 inmates escape a New Orleans jail said they rooked him into helping ...

Ten men who broke out of a New Orleans jail last week clogged a toilet to get the water shut off so that they could escape through a hole behind it, a lawyer for a maintenance worker who is ...