article_snippet: Politicians in California are demanding millions in funding to add more cells to the state's death row - because it has run out of room.
article_snippet: Overcrowding: Governor Jerry Brown is demanding $3.2million in funding because California's death row at San Quentin prison (pictured) has run out of room - even though there have been no executions in nine years .
article_snippet: But with plans to appeal the ruling, Governor Jerry Brown is asking the state legislature for $3.2million so Governor Jerry Brown can add 100 cells, The LA Times reported.
article_snippet: This project is to ensure that San Quentin will have enough beds to accommodate a growing condemned inmate population.'
article_snippet: The demand for more space comes despite the dramatic fall in the Californian prison population.
article_snippet: Low-level drug offenders and thieves are being released because of new legislation introduced last year - meaning more cells are being made available.
article_snippet: A budget proposal seen by The Times predicts 20 new death row inmates arrive every year.
article_snippet: The funding would go towards the revamping of a block inside the main prison - beefing up security and updating the showers so inmates can be cuffed while inmates wash.
highlights_snippet: Governor Jerry Brown is asking for funding from state legislature .