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Low level offenders and especially parole violators would no longer come to state prisons. they would instead go to county jails. but in san joaquin county, a jail is already under a court order to relieve its own overcrowding. according to undersheriff john piccone, the state dumped its problem on the county and the county is now dumpingal cs on the streets. >> so no matter what the state or the governor says are the county's duties in terms of handling these parole violators, you just have no room? >> the overcrowding situation is such that we can't afford it. we can't keep them here because...
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