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N.D. (AP) — The hundreds of arrests during the months of protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota have created an unprecedented burden for the state’s court system.

Police have made nearly 575 arrests since August. State Court Administrator Sally Holewa says there aren’t enough judges, lawyers and clerks to handle the workload.

The state judicial system will ask the Legislature next year for an additional $1.5 million to cover protest-related costs. The organization that provides public defenders in North Dakota might seek an additional $670,000 from the Legislature.

Leaders of both organizations say such requests are highly unusual.

Holewa says the sheer volume of cases also raises concerns about the defendants’ right to a speedy trial and due process.

In other Pipeline news, a spokesman for North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple says the governor has no intention of blocking food and supplies from coming into a camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access pipeline.

Dalrymple on Monday issued a “mandatory evacuation” for the camp “to safeguard against harsh winter conditions.”

Dalrymple spokesman Jeff Zent says the evacuation order has been “misconstrued” by some as giving authorities the ability to block food and supplies from coming in or out of the encampment. Zent says that is “not the governor’s intent.”

The 1,172-mile pipeline is nearly complete except for a small section beneath a Missouri River reservoir near the encampment, which is about 50 miles south of Bismarck.