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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

Three jail staff members have been suspended pending the investigation. The sheriff has not said if the civilian monitoring tech was one of them.