Susan Hutson must reform a notorious jail amid rising crime
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskOn May 2nd a crowd lined Canal Street as marching bands, sheriff’s deputies on motorcycles and costumed revellers reminiscent of Mardi Gras headed towards the Mississippi. They were escorting the city’s new sheriff, Susan Hutson, to her inauguration.
Faced with overcrowding in the 1970s, Louisiana shifted many inmates from state prisons to city jails. The New Orleans jail population swelled, peaking at more than 6,000 in 2005. Hurricane Katrina that year brought nightmarish reports of inmates waist-deep in flood water. Violence, organised crime and poor sanitation plagued the jail for years.
Unlike most sheriffs, Ms Hutson has never served in law enforcement. From 2010 she worked as the independent monitor for the New Orleans Police Department, itself under a consent decree since 2012. “I don’t look at everything through a blue lens, but I’ve worked around law enforcement long enough to know the standards,” she says. Inspired by the protests after the murder of George Floyd in 2020, she decided to challenge Mr Gusman.
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