when the judges tell you to free all the prisoners...

you are doing something wrong.

yes, the very same people that send people to the jail are telling the state to let them go, because there is just so much awesome crime in California. (technically this may not be there actual reason, but it's hard to tell).

I will point out that it has to be cheaper for the state to have less people in jail, unless that's where all the firefighters come from.