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  • 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…

  • First Step Act connects to Intergovernmental Service Agreements (IGSAs)

    1. How the First Step Act connects to Intergovernmental Service Agreements (IGSAs)The BOP doesn’t run every facility where federal inmates are held. It rents space from counties, cities, and private operators through Intergovernmental Service Agreements — or IGSAs. These are contracts between:A federal agency (like the U.S. Marshals Service or BOP), andA local jail, county…