US EditionStatute invoked to defend Rankin sheriff didn’t exist when inmates worked on family farm
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‘I Hid Everything’: Mississippi Sheriff Behind ‘Goon Squad’ That Tortured Black Men Exposed for Allegedly Using Inmates for Labor on His Family Farm
Mississippi State Auditor Shad White confirmed Friday that he has opened an investigation into allegations that Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey used his position to enrich himself and his family during most of his 13-year tenure. The announcement came one day after Mississippi Today and The New York Times published allegations by four former inmates and a former deputy that Bailey had for years supplemented his family farm’s workforce with tr…
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Statute invoked to defend Rankin sheriff didn’t exist when inmates worked on family farm
The lawyer for Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey defended the sheriff’s use of trusties on his family’s chicken farm, saying it was part of an inmate work program authorized by statute.
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