Despite Texas defendant’s death in Louisiana prison, lawmakers unlikely to end reliance on out-of-state lockups

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.

Read more about the push to change jail overcrowding legislation and policy, and the lawsuit for Jaleen's death from General Assignment Reporter Pooja Salhotra in the Texas Tribune.