NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The sheriff of New Orleans can be put back in control of the city’s long-troubled jail despite still-serious problems that triggered U.S. Justice Department oversight and a 2012 ...

In the last sheriff's campaign, Carter endorsed longtime incumbent Marlin Gusman and Williams endorsed progressive challenger Susan Hutson. Henderson went in hard for Hutson, likely pushing her over ...

Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman continues to live in an alternate reality when it comes to facing facts about his failure to properly run the city's jail. After being in denial for months, if not ...

He says the city needs to pony up more money so he can improve conditions Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman wants the city of New Orleans included in an ongoing lawsuit about conditions at the jail ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Crime and punishment loomed large as issues in New Orleans’ elections Saturday _ a test of the popularity of incumbent Mayor Mitch Landrieu, who won big four years ago, and the ...

Juan Vazquez appears to have injured himself while hurtling a fence armored with razor wire. Sheriff's deputies continued their search Tuesday for an inmate who cut through a temporary jail tent, then ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Sheriff Marlin Gusman told the New Orleans City Council on Thursday that just six months into 2015, his office is out of money. "I think it's not transparent. I think it's bad ...

New Orleans, La. – Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman walked out of federal court with cameras trained on him and reporters shouting questions. Dozens of people showed up just to see Gusman testify.