NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Two major Sheriff candidates answered questions at a forum. It began with moderators asking incumbent sheriff Susan Hutson if attorney general Liz Murrill is still in charge of the May jailbreak investigation and why it seems to be moving at a slow pace.

Hutson says Murrill is in charge, but Hutson's staff is collecting information that takes time to go through.

"There are 900 cameras in the jail. We got to look through all of those to tell a story. There are 1,400 tablets in the jail. We have to look through that information," Sheriff Susan Hutson said.

Constable Edwin Shorty was asked why the jail needs to be assessed by a construction and corrections expert rather than a full-time maintenance crew.

Shorty says a maintenance crew is important for day-to-day work,

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