On Tuesday, Gov. Jerry Brown (D) said the state will prepare to release as many as 10,000 inmates if it is forced to obey court-ordered prison population caps, the Sacramento Bee's "Capitol Alert" reports. Background: In 2006, U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson ruled that federal oversight of the state's prison health care system was needed after determining that an average of one inmate per week died as a result of medical malpractice or neglect.
