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.

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 ...

Polymarket, a crypto-based prediction site, is letting users wager on which escaped New Orleans inmate will be caught next—just days after 10 inmates broke out of the Orleans Justice Center.