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  • Six Years Without Conviction

    Pretrial Detention, AI-Enabled Surveillance, Environmental Coercion, and Structural Torture in a Texas County Jail Author and Testifying Witness:LeRoy Nellis Affiliation:Independent Researcher and Human Rights Witness Location:Texas, United States Date:January 2026 SECTION 0 — MASTER INDEX PART I — FRAMEWORK & AUTHORITY 1. Introduction: Pretrial Detention as Punishment Without Conviction 2. Methodology, Sources, and Ethical Positioning…

  • When Williamson County Policy Replaced the Law

    How Williamson County Operated Above Texas and the U.S. Constitution By LeRoy Nellis Executive Summary While detained pretrial, I learned a hard truth: inside Williamson County Jail, internal “policy” routinely overrode Texas law and the U.S. Constitution. What governed daily life wasn’t statute, case law, or due process—it was an administrative rulebook enforced without transparency,…

  • Marked Since 2019: How Entry Into the NCIC/TCIC System Turned My Life Into a Surveillance Zone

    By LeRoy Nellis January 2026 In 2019, I entered the NCIC/TCIC law-enforcement database system. I did not understand then that this entry would mark the beginning of a prolonged assault on my life, my livelihood, and my constitutional rights. What followed was not due process. It was disruption. Since that point, my life has been…

  • Legal Analysis: ICE Daycare Arrest in Chicago (November 2025)

    1. Jurisdictional Framework a. Federal authority (ICE) ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) operates under 8 U.S.C. § 1357(a), which grants federal immigration officers authority to: Arrest aliens if there is reason to believe they are in violation of immigration law and likely to escape before a warrant can be obtained. Enter non-public premises only with…

  • SUMMARY — WILLIAMSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE RESPONSE (PIA ID# 40621)

    Date: October 27, 2025From: Katie Lentz, Open Records Coordinator, Williamson County Sheriff’s OfficeTo: Texas Attorney General, Open Records DivisionSubject: Request for Ruling on Disclosure — PIA ID# 40621Complainant/Requestor: LeRoy Nellis II Code Section Claimed Basis Effect §552.101 Confidential by law (Common-Law Privacy) Used to withhold medical, psychiatric, or “intimate” details. §552.103 Litigation Exception Claimed the…

  • Legal Argument: The Constitutionality and Legality of Restraint Chair Use in Texas Correctional Facilities

    I. IssueWhether the use of a restraint chair on adult inmates in Texas jails and prisons, as authorized under 37 Tex. Admin. Code § 273.6, comports with constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment, and substantive due process under the Fourteenth Amendment—particularly in cases involving mentally ill or medically vulnerable detainees.…

  • 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,…

  • Email to Senator Ted Cruz — DOJ Civil Rights Complaint Oversight Request

    Subject: Request for Oversight and Meeting — DOJ Civil Rights Complaint on Williamson County Jail AI Surveillance To: austin_office@cruz.senate.govCc: special.litigation@usdoj.gov, oig.hotline@usdoj.gov (optional) Dear Senator Cruz and Staff, My name is LeRoy Nellis II, and I am a Texas constituent and former detainee of the Williamson County Jail. I am writing to inform your office that…

  • Email to Senator John Cornyn — Request for Oversight and Meeting

    Request for Oversight and Meeting — DOJ Civil Rights Complaint on AI Surveillance in Texas Jails Dear Senator Cornyn and Staff, My name is LeRoy Nellis II, a Texas constituent and former detainee of the Williamson County Jail. I am reaching out to share a formal civil-rights complaint that I recently filed with the U.S.…

  • Dear FBI Civil Rights Division,

    My name is LeRoy Nellis II, and I am a Texas resident and former detainee of the Williamson County Jail in Georgetown, Texas. I am writing to submit a formal civil-rights complaint regarding the use of AI-enabled surveillance and data-integration systems operating within that facility under an Intergovernmental Service Agreement (IGSA) with the U.S. Marshals…