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California Counties Say Jail Space is Lacking Because Of Red Tape, Recession

Bureaucratic hurdles and the Great Recession are being blamed for a purportedly dire lack of jail space in California, where the state's "realignment" law has forced overcrowded prisons to transfer low-level offenders to the custody of county facilities.

California lawmakers actually approved $1.2 billion in funding for statewide jail construction ...

 

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