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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…

  • Dear FBI Civil Rights Division,

    My name is LeRoy Nellis II, and I am a Texas resident and former detainee of the Williamson County Jail in Georgetown, Texas. I am writing to submit a formal civil-rights complaint regarding the use of AI-enabled surveillance and data-integration systems operating within that facility under an Intergovernmental Service Agreement (IGSA) with the U.S. Marshals…

  • Pre-Trial Detention Reform: Reclaiming Justice Before Conviction

    Across America, pre-trial detention has evolved from a temporary safeguard into a silent engine of punishment. What was once meant to ensure court appearance now functions as an intergovernmental revenue system—an ecosystem of contracts, cost models, and shared liability where freedom depends more on paperwork than guilt. The Core Shift:Modern reform seeks to replace the…

  • First Step Act connects to Intergovernmental Service Agreements (IGSAs)

    1. How the First Step Act connects to Intergovernmental Service Agreements (IGSAs)The BOP doesn’t run every facility where federal inmates are held. It rents space from counties, cities, and private operators through Intergovernmental Service Agreements — or IGSAs. These are contracts between:A federal agency (like the U.S. Marshals Service or BOP), andA local jail, county…

  • Prologue – Book 2

    Prologue So, as the late Paul Harvey used to say: “Here’s the rest of the story.” July 10, 2019 – Round Rock, Texas The first thing I remember was the light.Not sunlight. Not headlights. Floodlights — cutting through my windows, turning my living room into a stage. Red and blue strobes bounced off the walls.…