Over the past decade, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) has released thousands of inmates early due to a software coding error.
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Inslee said he didn’t learn of the problem until last week. When I learned of this, I ordered DOC [Department of Corrections] to fix this, fix it fast, and fix it right’.
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The glitch affected 3% of all releases since the program was introduced in 2002, granting early releases to an estimated 3,200 prisoners. This represents 3 percent of all prisoner releases during that 13-year time period.
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Many of those who were released early will be “required to return to finish their sentences either in prison or on work release, but some will be given credit for time in the community”. The formula used to calculate sentence reductions was found to be inaccurate, and while the average early release prisoner mistakenly had 49 days shaved from their sentence, one was set free nearly two years early.
The programming error didn’t come to light until December 2012, when the family of a victim informed the Department of Corrections that the criminal responsible had been let out of prison early. Even with the heads up, the problem was not fixed until a new IT head was appointed who then contacted senior staff at the DoC as well as the governor’s office.
The governor ordered DOC to halt all releases of impacted offenders from prison until a hand calculation is done to ensure the offender is being released on the correct date.
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“I have a lot of questions about how and why this happened, and I understand that members of the public will have those same questions”, Inslee said in a statement. But it has taken until now for a fix to be sorted out – the correct formula for release date calculation will be in place by 7 January. “I expect the external investigation will bring the transparency and accountability we need to make sure this issue is resolved”.
