orleans parish-sheriff

Newell: Sheriff Hutson is the one who ought to be let out of Orleans Parish jail. After turning the facility into an international joke, a resignation is long overdue.

After six weeks, two New Orleans escapees still at large

Newell: Sheriff Hutson coddled OPSO jail inmates, now we’re paying for it; new report reveals New Orleans governance continues to be a national exception in the worst possible way

JP Morrell & Newell: Sheriff Hutson gave iPads to OPSO inmates who used them coordinate escape plans, reports show; here's why Morrell hasn’t called on Hutson to resign yet “The average person in the city of New Orleans can’t afford an iPad, yet their tax dollars are going toward giving iPads to people who are incarcerated.”

Newell: The best thing Sheriff Hutson can do for New Orleans is resign

Girlfriend of Orleans jail escapee arrested on state warrant

Sheriff Hutson's got '44 open checking accounts…It's increasingly apparent that the sheriff’s office has books that are cooked,' says JP Morrell on OPSO finance management City Councilmember JP Morrell shares his views on what happened during the ‘unmitigated trainwreck’ of a meeting between OPSO and the NOLA City Council

NEW DETAILS: The complete, bewildering timeline of procedural failures in the New Orleans jail break, ‘They missed opportunity, after opportunity, after opportunity to ring the bell…' MCC President Rafael Goyeneche says inmates plugged the cell locks with toilet paper, which led to their eventual escape

Newell: A fugitive found guilty of double murder in October 2024 never received sentencing; this is a systemic issue with Orleans Parish criminal courts “The release of ten violent criminals is otherwise known as a Tuesday in Orleans Parish criminal courts," says Laura Rodrigue, co-founder of Bayou Mama Bears

Jail worker claims escapee threatened to shank him if he didn't help