Gov. Elect Gina Hinojosa: Stop Texas Jail Deaths & Corruption
Texas cannot celebrate political change while people keep dying in jails and families keep asking unanswered questions. We congratulate Gov. Elect Gina Hinojosa — and we demand a direct confrontation with custody deaths, abuse, and alleged corruption.
Congratulations, With a Warning
Criminals Behind The Badge congratulates Gov. Elect Gina Hinojosa. But congratulations do not clean a cell, preserve a video, answer a family’s phone call or investigate a badge. Texas has heard promises before. What families need now is action that can be measured in records released, investigations opened and abuses stopped.
If Texas leaders want public trust, they have to earn it where trust has been broken most: in jails, courts, detention units, complaint systems and the institutions that decide who is believed and which stories get buried.
Jail Deaths Are a Texas Emergency
People held in Texas jails have died after medical crises, mental-health breakdowns, neglect allegations, violent incidents and failures that too often remain hidden behind procedure. Every death in custody should trigger an urgent, independent accounting — not a slow walk toward forgetting.
We are not claiming that every death involves a crime. We are saying that every death in government custody demands proof: who saw the warning signs, what care was provided, what force was used, what records exist and who reviewed them. The record matters: preserved video, medical files, dispatch logs, court records, contracts and grievance histories can show what happened. A closed door is not an explanation.
Alleged Criminal Actions in the Justice System Must Be Investigated
Reports of abuse, retaliation, falsified narratives, evidence problems, coercion and official misconduct have damaged confidence in parts of the justice system. These are allegations unless and until evidence proves them in the proper forum. But allegations tied to credible records should be investigated with the same seriousness applied to ordinary citizens.
No office, uniform or title should function as a shield. When facts support criminal charges, prosecutors should act. When facts show cover-ups or systemic abuse, oversight bodies should name it plainly.
The Standard Texas Should Set
Texas should make custody deaths rare, investigations independent, records public where the law allows, and retaliation against complainants unacceptable. That is the minimum standard for a state that claims to respect life and liberty.
Congratulations to Gov. Elect Gina Hinojosa. Now comes the harder work: stop the abuse, expose the corruption and make Texas answer for every life lost behind its jail doors.
LeRoy Nellis would also like to meet with Gov. Elect Gina Hinojosa to talk directly about the targeting of Texans and U.S. citizens as a whole. That conversation, in his view, must happen in the open, focus on evidence, and be guided by accountability and the experiences of people ignored, dismissed or harmed by institutions that misuse power.