Inmates prepare to leave for dinner in Facility B at the California State Prison-Lancaster, on June

Inmates prepare to leave for dinner in Facility B at the California State Prison-Lancaster, on June 10, 2010. 200 inmates are housed in cells (top) and due to overcrowding another 40 inmates sleep in bunks on the day room area (floor). There are approximately 4600 prisoners currently in this state prison which normally houses 2300 inmates. A legal battle over who gets to control California's massive spending on prison-judges or corrections officials-may be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court with overcrowding at the state's 33 prisons at the center of the debate. (Photo by Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)