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FILE - This June 2013 file photo shows one of the new cell blocks of the North Dakota State Penitentiary in Bismarck, N.D. Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials hope to start using the new facilities by July, 2013. North Dakota's robust economy has led to a record population, the lowest unemployment rate in the nation and thousands of more jobs than takers. But the state's economic miracle led by its oil bonanza also has resulted in plenty of problems, including more crime and increasingly overcrowded prison and jail cells. A state commission made up of lawmakers, judges, lawyers and law enforcement officials is looking for ways to free up limited lockup space without compromising public safety. (AP Photo/Bismarck Tribune, Will Kincaid, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2013 file photo, Leann Bertsch, director of the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation speaks before to the House Appropriations Committee in Bismarck, N.D. North Dakota is considering incarceration alternatives as the jailed population has surged with the oil boom. A state commission made up of lawmakers, judges, lawyers and law enforcement officials is looking for ways to free up limited lockup space without compromising public safety. (AP Photo/James MacPherson, File)

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In a Nov. 13, 2013, photo Kenneth Konias is escorted by police in Pittsburgh to the Garda armored car where Michael Haines was found dead. Former armored car guard Konias was sentenced Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014, to life in prison plus 10 to 20 years for killing his partner, Haines, and robbing their truck of $2.3 million. (AP Photo/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Julia Rendleman) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; MONESSEN OUT; KITTANNING OUT; CONNELLSVILLE OUT; GREENSBURG OUT; TARENTUM OUT; NORTH HILLS NEWS RECORD OUT; BUTLER OUT

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In a Nov. 13, 2013, photo Kenneth Konias is escorted by a police officer in Pittsburgh away from the Garda armored car where Michael Haines was found dead. Former armored car guard Konias was sentenced Tuesday Feb. 18, 2014, to life in prison plus 10 to 20 years for killing his partner, Haines, and robbing their truck of $2.3 million. (AP Photo/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Julia Rendleman) MAGS OUT; NO SALES; MONESSEN OUT; KITTANNING OUT; CONNELLSVILLE OUT; GREENSBURG OUT; TARENTUM OUT; NORTH HILLS NEWS RECORD OUT; BUTLER OUT

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Becky Bassett of Saranac, N.Y. and her two daughters Grace, 10, and Paige, 8, watch a plane fly over head with her brother Keith Plumadore of La Plata, Md. at Gravely Point Park, Arlington, Va., Tuesday, February 18, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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The new Colombian armed forces commander Gen. Juan Pablo Rodriguez, right, talks to newly appointed chief of staff Gen. Javier Florez, left, and army commander Gen. Jaime Lasprilla, center, after a press conference where Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon announced the firing of the fromer armed forces chief Gen. Leonardo Barrero in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Gen. Barrero was fired for verbally maligning prosecutors investigating extrajudicial executions. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

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The new hief of the Colombian armed forces Juan Pablo Rodriguez, back to camera, embraces new chief of staff, Gen. Javier Florez after a press conference in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon announced the relief of Gen. Leonardo Barrero as armed forces chief for verbally maligning prosecutors involved in investigations of officers accused of ordering extrajudicial executions. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

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Gen. Jaime Lasprilla waves after being appointed the new Colombian army commander in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon announced a shakeup of the high command and the relief of armed forces chief Gen. Leonardo Barrero for verbally maligning prosecutors involved in investigations of officers accused of extrajudicial executions. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

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Armed foreces chief, Gen. Leonardo Barrero waves goodbye to his officers at the Defense Ministry in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Feb. 18 2014. Colombia's Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon fired Barrero, Tuesday, for verbally maligning prosecutors' investigations into the extrajudicial killings that have brought Colombia international reproach. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

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Colombia's Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon, right, speaks as the new chief of the armed forces Gen. Juan Pablo Rodriguez looks on during a press conference in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Pinzon named Rodrigues for the post after firing former chief Gen. Leonardo Barrero for verbally maligning prosecutors' investigations into the extrajudicial killings that have brought Colombia international reproach. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 28, 1981 photo, Mavis Gallant is shown in Montreal. Gallant, the Montreal-born writer who carved out an international reputation as a master short-story author while living in Paris for much of her life, has died at age 91, her publisher says. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ian Barrett)

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 28, 1981 photo, Mavis Gallant is shown in Montreal. Gallant, the Montreal-born writer who carved out an international reputation as a master short-story author while living in Paris for much of her life, has died at age 91, her publisher says. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ian Barrett)

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In this Wednesday, Oct. 28, 1981 photo, Mavis Gallant is shown in Montreal. Gallant, the Montreal-born writer who carved out an international reputation as a master short-story author while living in Paris for much of her life, has died at age 91, her publisher says. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ian Barrett)

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This image provided by Montgomery County Police Department, shows Brian Patrick O'Callaghan. He was charged in the fatal beating of his 3-year-old son who was adopted months earlier from Korea, police said Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Police identified the child as Hyunsu O'Callaghan. (AP Photo/Montgomery County Police)