Sarah Knight poses for a portrait at her home in Houston with a birthday card she made for her son Jaleen Anderson on May 13, 2024. Anderson died earlier in the year while being held in LaSalle Correctional Facility in Louisiana. (Danielle Villasana for The Texas Tribune)
One year after Harris County criminal defendant Jaleen Anderson died in a Louisiana prison, some Texas lawmakers want more transparency into the out-of-state lockups holding Texas’ growing jail population.
But Texas officials are also considering bills that could likely increase the number of people county jail officials must house as they await the resolutions of their cases…