Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100719:15:53:00
California. a report on a program that might be saving money but could be making a mess of the streets. >> reporter: 166,000 inmates are behind bars in california's 33 state prisons. in conditions so overcrowded, federal judges deem them horrific and demanded a fix. so under a prison reduction plan implemented in january, 6,500 inmates are getting out early. >> we have a current population ofbout 47 inmates, and it was designed for 2,300. >> reporter: 15 years ago, this building designed to be a gym was turned into extra housing. in fact, every building here at lancaster that can be used as ho...
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