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A Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy prepares to unlock a security door to a cell block on the 3000 floor of L.A. County Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles, California, on November 3, 2011. Los Angeles County?s jails could run out of space as early as next month because of an influx of state prisoners. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/MCT)