The solution to prison overcrowding? More prisoners.

Irony is dead. Long live irony.

California: Governor Proclaims Prison Crowding Emergency

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued an emergency proclamation on prison overcrowding, the first legal step required before the authorities can contract with out-of-state prisons to house an overflow of state inmates. The proclamation states that all 33 state prisons are at capacity or above, with 29 so crowded that the conditions pose “substantial safety risks.”

California: Marijuana Seized

Drug Enforcement Agency officials searched five Bay Area sites linked to a marijuana dispensary in the San Francisco Mission District on Tuesday, seizing thousands of plants and arresting 15 people, the federal authorities said. The dispensary, known as Compassionate Caregivers, was a distributor of medical marijuana to patients with prescriptions under state law.