Tag: Texas jails

  • 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,…

  • Systemic Harm in Williamson County Jail

    🧱 Scene: The Procession I had passed an independent psychological exam just two weeks earlier. Cleared. Stable. Fit to engage. But inside Williamson County Jail, that meant nothing. Because if they can’t make you crazy, they’ll drive you crazy. That’s the logic. That’s the ritual. I was on the fourth floor, wearing a smok—a suicide…

  • 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…

  • Injected Without Consent: Inside Williamson County’s Sheriff’s Office 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…