Texas's budget problem will make it the California of 2011? (SFTS's wisdom is needed)

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Wouldnt the cns come before the bone?
I hate to fall on steriotype but couldnt you just execute the life imprisonment, no chance for parole prisoners and put the rest to work on construction, That would free up space and heck you could be able to make abit of money buy hooking up the prisons exercise machines to electricity generators and save on fuel.