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  • Formal Letters to U.S. Senators Regarding Securus and Pre-Trial Detainee Abuse

    By LeRoy Nellis Austin, Texas January 24, 2026 The following are formal mailing letters sent to U.S. Senators who have publicly criticized Securus Technologies or the prison telecommunications industry. These letters document concerns regarding the use of jail communication and surveillance systems as tools of coercion against pre-trial detainees and their families. I have already…

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

    Oversight Without Accountability: Systemic Corruption and Human Rights Violations in Texas County Jails By LeRoy NellisAustin, Texas Executive takeaway: Texas county jails operate inside a compliance theater—lots of forms, zero consequences. Oversight exists on paper. Accountability does not. The result is a closed-loop system that monetizes detention, externalizes harm, and neutralizes complaints through procedure instead…

  • 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,…

  • Injected Without Consent: Inside Williamson County’s Sheriff’s Office Medical Black Box

    By LeRoy Nellis I was not sentenced.I was not convicted.I was a pretrial detainee, presumed innocent under the Constitution.In early 2024, while in custody connected to Williamson and Travis Counties, I was administered a large-volume injection—approximately 50 cubic centimeters—without informed consent, without explanation, and without a documented medical justification that has since been produced.What makes…