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California's death row faces no-vacancy situation
By globalpost.com- Steve Gorman
Published: 03/31/2015

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's death row, the largest in the nation with newly condemned inmates added to the system every month but no one executed in almost a decade, has filled virtually to capacity as the state seeks money to build more cells for them.

As of last week, a total of 708 male inmates were confined to death row at San Quentin State Prison north of San Francisco, the only penitentiary authorized under state law to house men who are sentenced to death.

That tally represents 18 more than the prison is already budgeted to handle and just seven fewer than its absolute maximum capacity, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokeswoman Terry Thornton said on Monday.

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