Complex sentence: As of November 14,2011 the California prison system held 143,643 prisoners in state prisons designed to hold 84,130,1,439 prisoners in in-state contract beds, and 9,439 prisoners held in private, out-of-state prisons.
Split into simpler sentences: As of November 14,2011 the California prison system held 143,643 prisoners in state prisons designed to hold 84,130. At last count there were 1,439 prisoners in in-state contract beds, and 9,439 prisoners held in private, out-of-state prisons.