In this photo taken Tuesday, May 18, 2010, A prisoner lies shackled to his hospital bed in an undisclosed California medical facility near San Francisco. California's sickest inmates could be released on medical parole to shave millions of dollars from the prison budget. State senators approved a measure 21-13 on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 that lets the parole board send severely disabled inmates to outside facilities without posting guards around the clock. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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