Andy Furillo

Staff Writer, Sacramento Bee

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A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that Governor Schwarzenegger has just six months to ease overcrowding at state prisons.

Renewed Restrictions on Prison Overcrowding

A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that Governor Schwarzenegger has just six months to ease overcrowding at state prisons.

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Two of Arnold Schwarzenegger's directors of prisons resigned this year charging that the  prison guards' union  had too much influence in the Governor's office.

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Two of Arnold Schwarzenegger's directors of prisons resigned this year charging that the prison guards' union had too much influence in the Governor's office.

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