Tag: history
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Texas Commission of Jail Standards, Williamson County Jail, Texas Attorney General – 15 Day Letter (Re-Post Williamson County Sheriffs Office / NCIC Website Hack)
TEXAS COMMISSION ON JAIL STANDARDSExecutive Director: Brandon S. Wood P.O. Box 12985Austin, Texas 78711 Voice: (512) 463-5505Fax: (512) 463-3185Website: http://www.tcjs.state.tx.usEmail: info@tcjs.state.tx.us Sheriff Kelly Rowe, ChairSheriff Richard Kirkpatrick, KingsvilleCommissioner Ben Perry, WacoDr. Esmaeil Porsa, M.D., Vice-ChairRoss Reyes, MelissaDuane Lock, SouthlakeJudge Joseph “Joe” Fauth, III, PlantersvillePatricia M. Anthony, GarlandMonica McBride, Alpine “The Commission on Jail Standards welcomes…
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Texas Commission on Jail Standards Says Williamson County Has “No Violations” — Even as Texas Rangers Investigate Three Deaths in 2024
By LeRoy NellisDecember 6, 2025 Texas has a talent for telling you everything is fine while the house burns down behind it. And nowhere is that bureaucratic gaslighting more polished than in the way the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) continues to give Williamson County Jail a clean bill of health—even as the Texas…
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Democratic Socialism — Context & Controversies
Summary By LeRoy Nellis Definition Democratic socialism is often presented as distinct from authoritarian communism. Its stated goal is to merge social ownership of resources with democratic governance and individual rights.Yet history shows that several movements describing themselves as democratic socialist have, in practice, drifted toward corruption, economic collapse, censorship, or selective repression once concentrated power and economic control collided. Modern…
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Democratic Socialism — Context & Controversies
By LeRoy Nellis Definition Democratic socialism is often presented as distinct from authoritarian communism. Its stated goal is to merge social ownership of resources with democratic governance and individual rights.Yet history shows that several movements describing themselves as democratic socialist have, in practice, drifted toward corruption, economic collapse, censorship, or selective repression once concentrated power…
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Introduction: The Rise of AI Surveillance Behind Bars
======================================================= EXHIBIT A —INTRODUCTION: THE RISE OF AI SURVEILLANCE BEHIND BARS Compiled for Investigative / Legal Use — © LeRoy Nellis ======================================================= Section I — Introduction: The Rise of AI Surveillance Behind Bars By LeRoy Nellis A. The New Frontier of Carceral Surveillance In recent years, the United States correctional landscape has undergone a quiet…
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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…
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