>>http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-prisons10-2009feb10,0,815133.story
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>>A panel of three federal judges, saying overcrowding in state prisons has deprived inmates of their right to adequate healthcare, tentatively ruled Monday that the state must reduce the population in those lockups by as many as 57,000 people.
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>In unrelated news, the State of California put out:
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>- a one-time tender for 57,000 rounds of ammunition
>- an RFP for recycling 57,000 orange jumpsuits
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>The article says "reduce the population", not necessarily "release" ... < g >

They'd make good fertilizer out here..