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Part I
A “Goon Squad” of Rankin County sheriff’s deputies spent years brutalizing people until their reign of terror was exposed.
Part II
After a violent scandal involving his deputies, a popular sheriff survived calls to resign. But another scandal was already brewing in his county jail.
The Deputies Who Tortured a Mississippi County
In a Mississippi Jail, Inmates Became Weapons
2025 IRE Tom Renner Award
2026 Edward R. Murrow Award Winner