About a month after a mass jailbreak on her watch last year, as the search for inmates dragged on, then-Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson received a stern letter.
The criminal court judges were demanding she resume having deputies bring new arrestees over to court from jail on weekends and holidays, citing “numerous formal and informal requests” that had gone unanswered.
Then-Chief Judge Tracey Flemings-Davillier issued an order on June 18, 2025, giving Hutson a few weeks to comply…