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  • Warrantless by Design: How Texas Law Enforcement Is Accessing Digital Systems Without Judicial Authorization

    By LeRoy Nellis Austin, Texas January 2026 Executive Summary Texas law enforcement agencies are conducting digital surveillance and system access without first obtaining warrants, relying on vendor-controlled platforms, administrative access, and post-hoc legal justification rather than prior judicial authorization. I know this first hand — because it happened to me. While agencies publicly describe these…

  • Texas Jail Oversight Closed My Case. Here’s What They Didn’t Address.

    Texas Commission on Jail Standards letter dated January 13, 2026, responding to an appeal and maintaining closure of Complaint #43888. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards recently issued a final decision closing my complaint against the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. The Commission acknowledged receipt of my appeal, reviewed records supplied by the jail, and…

  • Texas county jail pre-trial detention murder cover-up

    Evidence image — Texas county jail pre-trial detention conditions and cover-up allegations. How Texas County Jails Are Covering Up Murder Before Trial Medical Neglect, Solitary Confinement, and the Paperwork That Makes Death “Natural” Texas Is Killing People Who Haven’t Been Convicted Texas county jails are not merely failing people awaiting trial. They are killing them—quietly,…

  • Texas Commission on Jail Standards Says Williamson County Has “No Violations” — Even as Texas Rangers Investigate Three Deaths in 2024

    By LeRoy NellisDecember 6, 2025 Texas has a talent for telling you everything is fine while the house burns down behind it. And nowhere is that bureaucratic gaslighting more polished than in the way the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) continues to give Williamson County Jail a clean bill of health—even as the Texas…