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  • Police Brutality and Excessive Force in Williamson County, Texas

    Comprehensive Research Report (Digital Edition) By LeRoy Nellis I. Executive Summary This report documents a pattern of alleged police brutality, excessive force, and custodial abuse associated with law enforcement in Williamson County, Texas, with a focus on the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) and the county jail. From the 2014 SWAT takedown of 81-year-old Herman…

  • Systemic Medical Abuse in Williamson County Jail: 

     How Part-Time Medicine and Unlicensed Practice Destroyed My Health By LeRoy Nellis (Published on LeRoyNellis.blog and http://www.academia.edu) SECTION I — INTRODUCTION I write these pages not as a lawyer, not as a journalist, but as a man who survived the medical system inside the Williamson County Jail—if “system” is even the right word. For 326…

  • The Legal Voidance of Cash Bonds Upon Rearrest: A Texas and Federal Analysis

    By LeRoy Nellis I. Introduction The institution of bail serves as one of the oldest mechanisms balancing the presumption of innocence with the state’s interest in ensuring a defendant’s appearance at trial. In Texas, as in most jurisdictions, the right to reasonable bail is constitutionally protected under Article I, Section 11 of the Texas Constitution,…

  • 🩺 Williamson County Jail Medical & Psychiatric Hiring Record (2018 – 2025)

    Year Position Title Employer / Contracting Firm Type & Schedule Pay / Contract Terms Prescribing Authority Source / Notes 2025 (Oct) Psychiatrist Physician – Ref # BD-649-01 Adelphi Medical Staffing LLC (for Williamson Co Jail, Georgetown TX) Contract (4 yrs); Minimum 16 hrs / week $250 – $285 per hour (on-site) ✅ Explicit (“Prescribe psychotropic…

  • Liberty Before Conviction: Constitutional and Human Rights Dimensions of Pre-Trial Detention in the United States

    By LeRoy Nellis LeRoy Nellis is an investigative author and constitutional researcher based in Austin, Texas. Section 1: Abstract Abstract Pre-trial detention represents one of the most profound constitutional tensions in the American criminal justice system—balancing public safety with the presumption of innocence. Though the Eighth Amendment prohibits excessive bail and the Fourteenth Amendment safeguards…

  • Pre-Trial Detention Reform: Reclaiming Justice Before Conviction

    Across America, pre-trial detention has evolved from a temporary safeguard into a silent engine of punishment. What was once meant to ensure court appearance now functions as an intergovernmental revenue system—an ecosystem of contracts, cost models, and shared liability where freedom depends more on paperwork than guilt. The Core Shift:Modern reform seeks to replace the…

  • 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…