The plan Schwarzenegger submits to the court will not, however, include the alternative custody provisions he had asked lawmakers to approve last month — even though the federal judges have the authority to waive any provisions of state law that might impede the administration from complying with the order. "I’m pleased that they didn’t try to put back on the table any kind of release program that would put the citizens of California at risk" Runner said. In addition to programs to reduce the number of people in prison, the state plan will also propose the construction of more than 12,000 new prison beds at new facilities that would be built on the grounds of existing state prisons, a new acute-care medical facility, the conversion of three juvenile prisons for adult use and the creation of several county-based re-entry facilities. Full Article at Sacramento Bee