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Sawed pipes and taunting messages: How a mass escape exposed a New Orleans jail's security failures
The audacious feat, one of the biggest jailbreaks in Louisiana history, exploited safety issues in the jail that had ...
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Live updates: New Orleans City Council and Susan Hutson spar over budgets after jailbreak
In the aftermath of the jail break, Gov. Jeff Landry and other local officials, including District Attorney Jason Williams, ...
New Orleans district attorney blasts sheriff over botched prison escape investigation
Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams scorched Sheriff Susan Hutson for failing to order an investigation into the ...
Susan Hutson announces suspension of re-election campaign
Following last week’s jailbreak and Tuesday’s hearing with the New Orleans City Council, Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson ...
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Facing calls to resign, Orleans Sheriff apologizes for mass breakout as manhunt enters 5th day
Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson, who oversees the jail from which 10 inmates escaped, spurring a five-day manhunt, ...
Sheriff says ‘defective’ locks were a key factor in Louisiana jailbreak by 10 men
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Just days before 10 men broke out of a New Orleans jail, officials with the sheriff’s office asked ...
Federal judge calls emergency meeting after New Orleans jailbreak
Judge Africk is overseeing a long-standing consent decree mandating sweeping reforms at the Orleans Justice Center.