The Supreme Court has ordered California to release more than 30,000 inmates over the next two years or take other steps to ease overcrowding in its prisons to prevent "needless suffering and death." Orange County probation department is expecting an additional 1700 probationers by the end of 2014.

A probationer wears an ankle tracking device in Santa Ana, California
A probationer wears an ankle tracking device in Santa Ana, California REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Orange County Deputy Probation Officer Erin Merritt searches a probationers apartment in Orange, California
Orange County Deputy Probation Officer Erin Merritt searches a probationer's apartment in Orange, California REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Orange County Deputy Probation Officer Erin Merritt R holds a spoon with black tar heroin
Orange County Deputy Probation Officer Erin Merritt (R) holds a spoon with black tar heroin REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
An Orange County police officer arrests a probationer who broke the terms of his probation in Orange, California
An Orange County police officer arrests a probationer who broke the terms of his probation in Orange, California REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Inmates of Orange County jail
Inmates sit in a classroom at the Orange County jail in Santa Ana, California. Inmate homicides have been rising in California over the past years. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
An inmate lies in his cell at the Orange County jail in Santa Ana, California
An inmate lies in his cell at the Orange County jail in Santa Ana, California REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Inmates make phone calls from their cell at the Orange County jail in Santa Ana, California
Inmates make phone calls from their cell at the Orange County jail in Santa Ana, California REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Inmates sort laundry at the Orange County jail in Santa Ana, California
Inmates sort laundry at the Orange County jail in Santa Ana, California REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Inmates walk around a gymnasium
Inmates walk around a gymnasium REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Orange County Deputy Probation Officer Christine Torres holds a drug testing kit
The Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee has approved a bill to require drug screening welfare applicants before receiving welfare. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Orange County Deputy Probation Officer Erin Merritt holds a canister of methadone
Orange County Deputy Probation Officer Erin Merritt holds a canister of methadone REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
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