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The additional time that federal judges are giving California to reduce its inmate population to the court-ordered level. Gov. Jerry Brown recently said the state can't release any more prisoners without putting the public at risk.

The additional time that federal judges are giving California to reduce its inmate population to the court-ordered level. Gov. Jerry Brown recently said the state can't release any more prisoners without putting the public at risk.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.
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