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.

WDSU investigator Aubry Killion spoke with Hutson as she walked into City Hall for a hearing with the New Orleans City Council.

In a tense public hearing Tuesday, Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson publicly apologized for last Friday’s jailbreak that allowed 10 inmates to escape from the Orleans Justice Center. Facing mounting political pressure and calls to resign,

The monitors also say Hutson is not making sure her jail supervisors are conducting and documenting daily shift rounds

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.As the manhunt for the remaining seven fugitives stretches into a new week,

State representative Aimee Adatto Freeman, a Democrat from New Orleans, on Monday (May 19) called for Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson to resign. “The escape of 10 inmates from the Orleans Parish jail is an alarming failure of leadership,

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