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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…

  • Texas Commission of Jail Standards Non-Compliance FOIA

    Formal Rebuttal & Complaint: Williamson County Jail Submitted by: LeRoy Nellis II 4845 Twin Valley Drive, Austin, TX 78731 Phone: 512-450-1533 | Email: LeRoyNellis2@gmail.com Date: October 27, 2025 Agencies Notified Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS)tcjs@tcjs.texas.gov U.S. Department of Justice — Civil Rights Divisionspecial.litigation@usdoj.gov Texas Attorney General – Civil Rights Divisionhttps://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov Summary of Violations 326…

  • FORMAL NOTICE OF NON-COMPLIANCE AND RESUBMISSION OF PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST To: Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS)P.O. Box 12985 | Austin, TX 78711-2985Email: info@tcjs.state.tx.us, Alyssa.McMahon@tcjs.state.tx.us Cc: Office of the Attorney General — Open Records Division publicrecords@oag.texas.gov U.S. Department of Justice — Civil Rights Division, Special Litigation Section (CRIPA) special.litigation@usdoj.gov From: LeRoy Nellis II 4845 Twin…

  • Formal Investigation into Williamson County Jail, by DOJ and TCJS

    Formal Rebuttal & Complaint: Williamson County Jail (TCJS & DOJ Submission) Submitted by: LeRoy Nellis II 4845 Twin Valley Drive, Austin, TX 78731 Phone: 512-450-1533 | Email: LeRoyNellis2@gmail.com Date: October 27, 2025 To: Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) P.O. Box 12985, Austin, Texas 78711-2985 Email: tcjs@tcjs.texas.gov Cc: U.S. Department of Justice – Civil Rights…

  • 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.…

  • 🩺 Williamson County Jail Medical & Psychiatric Hiring Record (2018 – 2025)

    Year Position Title Employer / Contracting Firm Type & Schedule Pay / Contract Terms Prescribing Authority Source / Notes 2025 (Oct) Psychiatrist Physician – Ref # BD-649-01 Adelphi Medical Staffing LLC (for Williamson Co Jail, Georgetown TX) Contract (4 yrs); Minimum 16 hrs / week $250 – $285 per hour (on-site) ✅ Explicit (“Prescribe psychotropic…