In this photo taken Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011, Sacramento County ...

Rich Pedroncelli | published: September 29, 2011

In this photo taken Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011, Sacramento County inmates are watch television at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center, in Elk Grove, Calif. In a prison realignment plan championed by Gov. Jerry Brown, In an effort to slash the state's costs and reduce its prison populations, a prison realignment plan championed by Gov. Jerry Brown, will allow judges to send non-violent, lower level offenders to county jail for crimes such as property, white collar and drug offenses instead of state prisons. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)