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  • 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,…

  • Williamson County Jail Took My Bible — Then Put Me in a Restraint Chair for 2.5 Hours

    This is not a misunderstanding. This is retaliation. The restraint chair — a mechanical control device used in jails. I was strapped into one like this for approximately 2.5 hours for refusing to surrender my Bible. While detained at Williamson County Jail, the jail staff confiscated my Bible and then escalated to physical punishment when…

  • 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.…