Jerry Mitchell

2 months ago | djournal.com | Jerry Mitchell |Brian Howey |Nate Rosenfield |Jerry Mitchell

In a series of interviews from prison, a former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy described for the first time how he and others in his department regularly entered homes without warrants, beat people to get information and illegally seized evidence that helped convict people of drug crimes.

Apr 10, 2024 | gijn.org | Denise-Marie Ordway |Jerry Mitchell

It was no surprise to Jerry Mitchell to learn high-ranking law enforcement officials had been accused of behaving badly in parts of Mississippi where journalists had not kept a watchful eye. Data collected from deputies’ Tasers played a key role in Brian Howey and Nate Rosenfield’s reporting on Rankin County deputies’ use of force.

Mar 21, 2024 | editorandpublisher.com | Jerry Mitchell |Denise-Marie Ordway

Posted Thursday, March 21, 2024 9:26 am It was no surprise to Jerry Mitchell to learn high-ranking law enforcement officials had been accused of behaving badly in parts of Mississippi where journalists had not kept a watchful eye.

Sep 27, 2023 | magnoliastatelive.com | Ilyssa Daly |Jerry Mitchell

Published 8:47 am Wednesday, September 27, 2023 by Ilyssa Daly and Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today September 27, 2023In 2014, Bryan Bailey, the sheriff of Rankin County, Miss., made what seemed like a series of routine requests of the local district attorney’s office.

Jul 31, 2023 | djournal.com | Ilyssa Daly |Jerry Mitchell

In 2012, three months after Eddie Scott became sheriff of Clay County, a claim by a woman he had helped put behind bars threatened to tarnish his earliest days in office. The woman said in an April court filing that, while chief deputy less than three years earlier, he had coerced her into a sexual relationship after she was arrested.