Tag: Jail Oversight Failure

Injected Without Consent: Inside Williamson County’s Medical Black Box

By LeRoy Nellis I was not sentenced.I was not convicted.I was a pretrial detainee, presumed innocent under the Constitution.In early 2024, while in custody connected to Williamson and Travis Counties, I was administered a large-volume injection—approximately 50 cubic centimeters—without informed consent, without explanation, and without a documented medical justification that has since been produced.What makes…
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…
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…

Injected Without Consent: Inside Williamson County’s Medical Black Box