Tag: inmate rights
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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 :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}, jail staff confiscated my Bible and then escalated to physical punishment when I refused to…
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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.…
LeRoy Nellis 