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

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

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson took the opportunity at a public campaign forum Tuesday (July 29) to ...

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

A violent offender was mistakenly released from Orleans Parish Jail due to a clerical error, and an investigation is underway ...

Step Up for Action will host forums July 28–31 for New Orleans voters to hear directly from sheriff and city council ...

Officials in New Orleans are calling on an inmate to turn himself in after a clerical error led him to be mistakenly released ...

Roughly two months after 10 inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail, a "human error" resulted in the release of another ...

Judge Flemings-Davillier accused Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson of contempt for not transporting inmates on weekends, ...

Sheriff Hutson, who is seeking re-election, defended her record amid heightened scrutiny over recent security failures at the ...

Khalil Bryan was mistakenly released from Orleans Parish Jail on Friday, July 25, according to Sheriff Susan Hutson. (Credit: ...

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.