Tag: civil rights violations

  • 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…

  • Looking for a Law Firm Willing to Pioneer the Next Constitutional Frontier: When Artificial Intelligence Becomes a Weapon Against the American People

    From August 9, 2024 through July 11, 2025, I was held in pre-trial detention inside the Williamson County Jail in Georgetown, Texas — six years that revealed the slow dismantling of constitutional rights behind digital walls.For 326 of those days, I lived in solitary confinement, deprived of sunlight, contact, and basic medical care.I was never…

  • UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

    CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION — SPECIAL LITIGATION SECTION FORMAL COMPLAINT AND REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATION COMPLAINANT ———————————————————– Name:        LeRoy Nellis II Email:       leroynellis2@gmail.com Relation:    Former detainee and author of “The Rise of AI Surveillance Behind Bars (2025)” Address:    4845 Twin Valley Dr. Austin, TX 78731 Phone:     512.450.1533…

  • Introduction: The Rise of AI Surveillance Behind Bars

    ======================================================= EXHIBIT A —INTRODUCTION: THE RISE OF AI SURVEILLANCE BEHIND BARS Compiled for Investigative / Legal Use — © LeRoy Nellis ======================================================= Section I — Introduction: The Rise of AI Surveillance Behind Bars By LeRoy Nellis A. The New Frontier of Carceral Surveillance In recent years, the United States correctional landscape has undergone a quiet…

  • THE $800 MILLION QUESTION: How Williamson County’s “New Jail” Became Texas’ Next Big Prison Boondoggle

    THE $800 MILLION QUESTION:How Williamson County’s “New Jail” Became Texas’ Next Big Prison Boondoggle By LeRoy Nellis A Billion-Dollar Rumor, an $800 Million Reality When whispers of a $1.2 billion “mega jail” started floating through Williamson County earlier this year, few residents took it seriously.  But behind the rumor was a real, very expensive plan…