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Sarah Knight cries at the gravesite of her son at the Paradise Funeral Home and Cemetery North on May 13, 2024, in Houston, Texas. Her son, Jaleen Anderson, died while being held in LaSalle Correctional Facility in Louisiana.

When Texas jail standards push inmates to lockups in other states, oversight doesn’t follow

Jaleen Anderson’s mom is on a quest for details about her son’s death in a Louisiana prison that houses hundreds of Harris County inmates awaiting trial.


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A T-shirt showing the face of Jaleen Anderson on May 13, 2024, in Houston, Texas, at the Paradise Funeral Home and Cemetery North. Anderson died while being held in LaSalle Correctional Facility in Louisiana.

A young man with a plan

Paris, 11, left, and Aminah, 9, right, Anderson play at their grandmothers house on May 13, 2024, in Houston, Texas. Their father, Jaleen Anderson, died while being held in LaSalle Correctional Facility in Louisiana.
On May 13, 2024, in Houston, Texas, Sarah Knight, center, looks for birthday decorations at a store to celebrate what would have been her son’s 30th birthday. Her son, Jaleen Anderson, died while being held in LaSalle Correctional Facility in Louisiana.

A mother seeks answers as jail deaths rise

Raven Hall, right, shows Aminah Anderson, 9, left, where Anderon’s father’s name will be engraved on May 13, 2024, in Houston, Texas, at the Paradise Funeral Home and Cemetery Northon. Hall’s brother and Anderon’s father, Jaleen Anderson, died while being held in LaSalle Correctional Facility in Louisiana.
The family of Jaleen Anderson sits around his gravesite to celebrate what would have been his 30th birthday on May 13, 2024, in Houston, Texas, at the Paradise Funeral Home and Cemetery North. Anderson died while being held in LaSalle Correctional Facility in Louisiana.

Anderson’s gravesite birthday

On May 13, 2024, in Houston, Texas, at the Paradise Funeral Home and Cemetery North, Nielly, 14, center, and Paris, 11, left, Anderson, sit with their cousin and other family members during a birthday celebration at the gravesite of their father, Jaleen Anderson, who died while being held in LaSalle Correctional Facility in Louisiana.

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