When Susan Hutson took the oath on May 2, 2022, New Orleans marked a milestone of electing the city’s first woman and first Black woman as sheriff in Louisiana. Hutson has prided herself as being a reformer whose career in oversight (from the LAPD to New Orleans’ independent police monitor) promised a clean break with […]
In a striking development following the recent jailbreak at the Orleans Justice Center, Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson announced Tuesday that she is suspending her re-election campaign to focus solely on restoring public trust and addressing the security crisis facing the jail. The announcement came just hours after Sheriff Hutson appeared before the New Orleans […]
Criminal justice reform advocates from across New Orleans met on Monday to refute claims from Sheriff Gusman that he has led the way on various reform efforts.
Former Independent Police Monitor Susan Hutson was endorsed today by more than 25 criminal justice reform advocates in her race to replace long-time Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman. The group includes community advocates, grassroots organizers, legal experts and other key leaders with a wealth of knowledge in criminal justice reform. Norris Henderson and Sade Dumas, […]
As the November 13th primary election for Orleans Parish Sheriff approaches, Big Easy Magazine got the opportunity to sit down with Susan Hutson to find out her takes on the big issues. BEM: The Marshall project published an article about a man named Farrell Sampier, who died of a neurological condition in Angola that he […]
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