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  • MEDICAL & PSYCHIATRIC STAFFING RECORD AND OUTCOME ANALYSIS

    (2008 – 2025) ======================================================= 🩺  WILLIAMSON COUNTY JAIL MEDICAL & PSYCHIATRIC STAFFING RECORD AND OUTCOME ANALYSIS (2008 – 2025) By LeRoy Nellis II | Prepared October 2025 ======================================================= I.  OVERVIEW ———————————————————— This record documents seventeen years of medical and psychiatric staffing within the Williamson County Jail (Georgetown, Texas), showing persistent reliance on part-time contractors and mid-level providers…

  • Texas Commission of Jail Standards and Williamson County Medical Staffing Analysis

    LeRoy Nellis II 4845 Twin Valley Dr. Austin, Texas 78731 Email: leroynellis2@gmail.com Date: October 28, 2025 VIA CERTIFIED MAIL & EMAIL Office of the Attorney General of Texas Open Records Division P.O. Box 12548 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Email: publicrecords@oag.texas.gov Subject: Acknowledgment of 10-Day Letter — Texas Commission on Jail Standards ORR 2025-10-6 / PIA ID…

  • 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,…

  • 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…