This is according to authorities in the US state, who said the inmates could be eligible for early release by the end of August, joining 10,000 prisoners already freed in similar initiatives since the start of the virus crisis.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said the actions are taken to provide for the health and safety of the incarcerated population and staff.
California, the most populated US state with a population of around forty million, has confirmed more than 300,000 cases of coronavirus cases and almost 7,000 deaths from the disease.
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