{"id":15693,"date":"2025-03-27T12:16:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mississippi-sheriff-used-inmate-labor-for-family-farm\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T12:16:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T12:16:45","slug":"mississippi-sheriff-used-inmate-labor-for-family-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mississippi-sheriff-used-inmate-labor-for-family-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi Sheriff Used Inmate Labor for Family Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Bryan Bailey, the Mississippi sheriff whose department had been under federal investigation for torturing people, staffed his mother\u2019s commercial chicken farm with inmates from the county jail and used taxpayer-purchased equipment to improve the grounds, according to four former inmates and a former deputy who said they had worked on the farm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">They said inmates with special privileges, known as trusties, were repeatedly driven to the farm \u2014 sometimes by Sheriff Bailey himself \u2014 to perform various tasks on top of their daily work duties for Rankin County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Former trusties and others who worked on Sheriff Bailey\u2019s family farm said inmates had received cash or meals in exchange for the work. The former deputy, Christian Dedmon, who is currently serving a federal prison sentence, said he had worked on the farm while he was on the clock at the sheriff\u2019s department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Over six months, reporters for Mississippi Today interviewed several former Rankin County sheriff\u2019s deputies and 20 former trusties. The trusties who said they had worked on the farm asked that their names not be used because they feared retribution. The reporters also reviewed more than 1,000 pages of county financial records, as well as text messages Mr. Dedmon sent while working on the farm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The reporting revealed that for most of his 13 years in office, Sheriff Bailey used his position as the highest paid and most powerful public figure in his suburban county in ways that financially benefited himself and his family. Through his department\u2019s attorney, Sheriff Bailey declined to comment for this article.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For years, people familiar with the sheriff\u2019s activities kept quiet, out of a sense of loyalty or because they feared crossing a popular sheriff with political connections across Mississippi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But that began to change in 2023, when five Rankin County sheriff\u2019s deputies were charged with civil rights offenses for <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/19\/us\/goon-squad-mississippi-sentencing.html\" title=\"\">torturing two Black men<\/a> in their home and shooting one of them in the mouth. A <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/30\/us\/rankin-county-mississippi-sheriff.html\" title=\"\">subsequent investigation<\/a> by The New York Times and Mississippi Today revealed that deputies in the department, including those who called themselves the Goon Squad, had used similar brutality for nearly two decades against those they suspected of using or dealing drugs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dozens of victims have since shared their accounts of the violence and some community leaders have demanded that Sheriff Bailey resign. Mr. Dedmon, one of the five Rankin deputies who pleaded guilty in the torture case, has begun speaking openly about his time at the department.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI hid everything for him,\u201d Mr. Dedmon said of the sheriff. \u201cI done everything for him. I know now I was just a tool to be used during a certain time like everyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a series of interviews, Mr. Dedmon described how he had transported inmates from the Rankin County Pre-Trial Detention Trusty Work Program to the farm and worked alongside them. <\/p>\n<section class=\"css-1lpvp6o capsule-content\" data-id=\"100000008292496\" data-testid=\"capsule-block\"\/>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Dedmon said the sheriff had instructed him to use a construction vehicle, bought by the department in 2019 for $97,000, to till soil for corn and clear wooded areas on the farm. The vehicle, called a skid steer by those who used it, was sometimes stored there, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Dedmon said workers on the farm also used other items that had been purchased by the department, including weed killer. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">County financial records show that since 2018, the sheriff\u2019s department has purchased skid steer attachments worth more than $50,000, nearly $10,000 worth of weed killer, as well as supplies designed to care for poultry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Reporters provided officials with a detailed list of purchases, along with specific descriptions of the duties detailed by trusties. Neither department officials nor county leaders would explain the purchases or answer questions for this article.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Jason Dare, the attorney for the sheriff\u2019s department, said officials would no longer answer questions from Mississippi Today or The Times because <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/21\/us\/mississippi-goon-squad-violence.html\" title=\"\">a previous article<\/a> from the publications had summarized a written statement by Mr. Dare instead of running it in full. That article quoted much of Mr. Dare\u2019s statement, but did not include his complaints that the news organizations had not written positive stories about the department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In addition to the farm work, former trusties said Sheriff Bailey had directed them to craft cabinets, install flooring or do other work for him and his associates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Several former trusties said they had worked on vehicles owned by deputies or by the sheriff, who earns nearly $120,000 a year, making him one of the highest paid elected officials in Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Dedmon said that in 2020, he paid trusties to build the back deck of his home, at Sheriff Bailey\u2019s suggestion. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A photograph shared by Mr. Dedmon\u2019s ex-wife and dated Feb. 29, 2020, shows Mr. Dedmon and three other men, all in civilian clothing, working on the deck. Several people familiar with the men identified two of them as former trusties who, records show, were serving jail time when the picture was taken.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mississippi law prohibits the use of public money or property by elected officials for their own use. Violations are punishable by fines or up to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/codes\/mississippi\/title-97\/chapter-11\/section-97-11-25\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">20 years<\/a> in prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ethics.ms.gov\/ethicsingovernmentlaws#25-4-119\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mississippi Code of Ethics in Government<\/a> bars public servants from using their positions for the economic gain of businesses with which they or their relatives are associated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThat\u2019s broader than just using inmate labor, but it certainly includes using inmate labor,\u201d said Roun McNeal, an instructional assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of Mississippi who serves on the board overseeing a state work program for prison inmates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Nearly all the former inmates interviewed by Mississippi Today praised the trusty program, saying it had helped them beat addiction and build skills for life after release. Several said they had no complaints about the work they did, including their duties at the farm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But other trusties said they had felt intense pressure to do whatever was asked of them without complaint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Rankin County\u2019s trusty program enables defendants to serve time in the county jail instead of going to a state prison. The program grants trusties special privileges and assigns them duties to help run the jail, all without pay, a common practice in trusty work programs across the nation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">To become a trusty, some inmates signed documents agreeing to accept the maximum sentence for their crimes if they were \u201cremoved from the program for any reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Trusties entered the program at Sheriff Bailey\u2019s recommendation, and department officials decided if and when trusties had violated the terms of their agreements, according to Andy Sumrall, a criminal defense attorney based in Jackson, Miss., who has represented a number of former trusties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe way the sheriff\u2019s trusty program is, you\u2019re his property,\u201d one former trusty said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-5654b100\">\u2018This ain\u2019t happening.\u2019<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">McLain Farms sits beside a two-lane road that snakes through the patchwork of farmland and forest south of Puckett, a quiet town in Rankin County with a welcome sign that reads: \u201c300 good friendly folks and a few old soreheads.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The 38-acre farm came into Sheriff Bailey\u2019s family when his mother remarried in 1997. The farm yields corn and other produce, but its primary focus is raising chickens. In recent years, McLain has housed about 10,000 chickens annually for Tyson Foods, which harvests the eggs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Several former inmates who worked on the farm, all interviewed separately, said they were told by other trusties to keep the work secret. One recalled Sheriff Bailey warning trusties at the farm: \u201cWe\u2019re not here. This ain\u2019t happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">According to Mr. Dedmon, the sheriff often took two or more trusties to the farm in the afternoons to complete small tasks, like spraying weeds, sorting tools or cutting grass. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-10\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The farm generates almost 300 tons of waste a year, a mixture of feces, feathers, uneaten feed and bedding. During the annual mucking of the chicken houses, the sheriff would have about six trusties on the farm every day, Mr. Dedmon said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At 9:29 the night before Halloween in 2020, Mr. Dedmon messaged his then-wife and told her he was covered in chicken waste, a text reviewed by Mississippi Today shows. She told reporters that work would sometimes last until 3 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After one cleaning, a former trusty recalled, the sheriff took a dozen or so inmates in civilian clothes to Boots &amp; More in Jackson, where he bought them replacements for their ruined boots. That former trusty said he worked 12-hour days every Saturday and Sunday for a month, in addition to several weekday evenings that lasted into the early morning hours. He said he was never paid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dan Pacholke, a corrections consultant and co-founder of the Sustainability in Prisons Project, called the use of inmate labor for personal profit \u201ca huge ethical violation,\u201d because the sheriff \u201chas the ability to control their destiny.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-11\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Even if inmates were paid, working on the sheriff\u2019s family farm could raise ethical concerns, according to Mr. Pacholke and other experts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cEvery decision you make about inmates, their agency is conflicted in some way, because they don\u2019t voluntarily live at that jail,\u201d said Mr. McNeal, the criminal justice professor. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Trusties gave different descriptions about their pay, which often depended on the kind of work they performed. But none of them described a formal process in which checks were issued or money was deposited into any account. Experts said that cash payments raised concerns about transparency, as they are impossible to track.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The sheriff\u2019s department did not fulfill a records request made early this month seeking any documents related to payments to trusties.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-7b3cb2e0\">Taxpayer-funded chicken supplies<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In addition to relying on inmate labor to supplement the work force at his mother\u2019s chicken farm, Sheriff Bailey also used county funds and supplies at the farm, according to Mr. Dedmon, another former deputy and others familiar with the work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-12\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Dedmon and another person who worked on the farm told Mississippi Today that the sheriff had instructed them to take truckloads of gravel from the Rankin County government\u2019s stockpile and use it to resurface roads on the farm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Dedmon said he would sneak onto county property at night, sometimes with Sheriff Bailey, to take the gravel. \u201cI can\u2019t tell you how many loads of county gravel I\u2019ve hauled down there on the weekends or at night with his dump trailer, or rode with him to do so,\u201d Mr. Dedmon said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">According to Mr. Dedmon, the sheriff had magnets made to conceal the sheriff\u2019s star on the department vehicle Mr. Dedmon used to pick up the gravel. The magnets, Mr. Dedmon said, were marked with the name of a nonexistent business, derived from the name of a former trusty: \u201cCazell\u2019s Welding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A photo taken last month shows gray gravel on the roads where Mr. Dedmon said the county gravel had been placed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-13\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The skid steer that Mr. Dedmon described using on the farm had been purchased by the department for search and rescue teams with money seized during drug raids, county documents show. Deputies said it was intended to help with storm cleanup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Dedmon mentioned the skid steer in a text message to his then-wife on Sept. 16, 2020: \u201cI just wanted to come home, but damn sheriff just came in here and asked me to run the skid steer to pucket for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">County records show that in April 2019, the sheriff\u2019s department used $36,000 seized from drug busts to buy a mulching head. Mr. Dedmon said Sheriff Bailey had used it to clear land on the farm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The sheriff\u2019s department also spent about $600 on items typically used in poultry farming. Among them: poultry netting, brooder lamps, which keep chicks warm, and an \u201cangled house brooder\u201d to house chicks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Angela English, president of the Rankin County chapter of the N.A.A.C.P., which had called for Sheriff Bailey\u2019s resignation over the torture case, said more should be done to hold the sheriff accountable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-14\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWhen you provide someone with that much authority and they don\u2019t have to answer to anyone,\u201d she said, \u201cyou\u2019re asking for trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Mississippi Today\u2019s reporting for this article was supported by a grant from Columbia University\u2019s Ira A. 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