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FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2013, file photo, inmates walk through the exercise yard at California State Prison Sacramento, near Folsom, Calif. Public interest attorneys filed an emergency motion, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, asking federal judges to free thousands of infirm and lower-security California prison inmates to prevent a spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Federal judges urged to free thousands of California inmates

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

FILE - This April 14, 2010, file photo shows Folsom State Prison in Folsom, Calif. A new-state commissioned study says Folsom Prison, built in 1880, is one of 12 of California's oldest prisons that need repairs or replacements if they are to continue housing about a third of the state's inmate population. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Study: California’s 12 oldest prisons need major fixes

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

FILE -- In this May 20, 2015 file photo, Bentley, a 3-year-old Labrador retriever, checks an inmate for traces of narcotics at California State Prison, Solano, in Vacaville, Calif. The federal receiver who controls medical care in California state prisons is seeking up to a quarter-billion dollars annually to provide medication designed to stem a record increase in fatal drug overdoses among inmates. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

AP Exclusive: Costly plan aims to stem inmate overdoses

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press