NEW ORLEANS — Almost three months after 10 inmates escaped from the Orleans Justice Center, Sheriff Susan Hutson is telling what she calls the “true story.”

“The real timeline of events doesn’t start in May,” Hutson said. “It starts way before that.”

Weeks into her reelection campaign, Hutson sat down with CBS News, recounting the morning of the escape.

“It was a shock, to say the least.”

In the interview, the sheriff dodged almost all responsibility for the historic jailbreak.

She blames broken locks, budget issues, and staffing shortages, all things she says she inherited when she took office.

“I said from day one, this jail was built incorrectly.”

The sheriff also pointed a finger at city leaders.

“The last three years, I’ve been saying this every year during budget cycle, every

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