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Inmates sort laundry at the Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. The Jefferson County Commission will consider filing the nation's biggest municipal bankruptcy today, Nov. 8, according to a resolution approved by a committee. Photographer: Butch Dill/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Inmates sort laundry at the Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. The Jefferson County Commission will consider filing the nation's biggest municipal bankruptcy today, Nov. 8, according to a resolution approved by a committee. Photographer: Butch Dill/Bloomberg via Getty Images