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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Pooja Salhotra

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

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.
Sarah Knight cries at the gravesite of her son at the Paradise Funeral Home and Cemetery North on May 13, 2024, in Houston. Her son, Jaleen Anderson, died while being held in LaSalle Correctional Center in Louisiana. (Credit: Danielle Villasana for The Texas Tribune)

HOUSTON — The Kinner & Stevens Funeral Home wouldn’t open for hours, so Sarah Knight sat in the parking lot with one thought consuming her: The body inside was not her son’s.

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