Oversight Without Accountability: Systemic Corruption and Human Rights Violations in Texas County Jails

By LeRoy Nellis

Texas County Jail Corruption & Oversight Study — LeRoy Nellis

(published @ Academia.edu and LeRoyNellis.blog)

1. Abstract

Texas’s county jail system—comprising more than 240 local detention facilities—occupies a central but often overlooked role in the American carceral landscape. Over the past decade, a growing body of investigative journalism, advocacy reports, and government audits have exposed an endemic pattern of corruption, administrative failure, and rights violations within these facilities. This paper provides a comprehensive analysis … [rest of your content continues here]