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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California can resume shipping prisoners to other states while Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger challenges a judge's decision to halt the transfers, an appeals court has ruled.
Schwarzenegger said the decision by the 3rd District Appellate Court, which was announced Monday, will let the state take a critical step toward reducing prison overcrowding.
The state can continue transferring an estimated 8,000 prisoners next month. The state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation plans to send 300 in June and then 400 to 500 inmates a month by the fall.
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