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California may allow more ill, dying inmates to leave prison

FILE - Inmates gather and walk near the exercise yard at San Quentin State Prison on April 12, 2022, in San Quentin, Calif. California would allow more ill and dying inmates to be released from state prisons under legislation that cleared the state Senate and heads to the Assembly for final approval. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

FILE - Inmates walk the exercise yard at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, Calif., June 20, 2018. California would allow more ill and dying inmates to be released from state prisons under legislation that cleared the state Senate and heads to the Assembly for final approval. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California may allow more ill, dying inmates to leave prison