This April 10, 2018 photograph, shows the Rankin County Detention Center and Sheriff's Office in Brandon, Miss.
The Rankin County Detention Center and Sheriff's Office in Brandon, Miss.
  • Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey won reelection after running unopposed.
  • Bailey refused to resign after five Rankin sheriff's deputies were convicted of torturing Black men.
  • The Rankin County chapter of the NAACP started a petition calling for Bailey to resign.

Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey has overseen a department in Mississippi with a disturbingly violent history.