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The number of inmates the state of California has shipped across state lines to private prisons, in an effort to reduce overcrowding in its state prisons.

The number of inmates the state of California has shipped across state lines to private prisons, in an effort to reduce overcrowding in its state prisons.

Andy Kim is a former GOVERNING staff writer.