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The Rankin County Sheriff's Department, which has been under scrutiny for a string of violent incidents, is now facing another lawsuit over a jail inmate's death by suicide.
Rankin County Undersheriff Paul Holley resigned amid misconduct allegations against Sheriff Bryan Bailey and the conviction of so-called "Goon Squad" deputies who tortured Black men.