California approves bill to pare inmate numbers
Posted: September 13, 2009 at 8:46 a.m.
California took a major step toward overhauling its overburdened prisons Friday, when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger approved changes to parole and early-release programs that could reduce the prison population by about 16,000 inmates.
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