The state says the problem originated in July 2002 when the Washington Supreme Court ruled the Department of Corrections had to apply “good time” credit earned in county jails to state prison sentences.
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Gov. Jay Inslee announced an independent investigation into the ongoing error that allowed certain prisoners with “enhanced” sentences, such as extra prison time for committing a felony with a firearm, to get more credit for good behavior than the law allows.
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This new ruling extended good credits only to the initial sentencing time, not the added time that some prisoners received for committing crimes with a weapon.
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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”, he said.
A software fix is expected in place by January 7.
“These were serious errors with serious implications”.
To make matters worse, the DOC has known about the bug for at least three years, but wasn’t able to fix it.
The result is that up to 3,200 inmates have been released early to date, although a majority of those were only released as early as 55 days. The officer notified DOC leadership who, in turn, notified Inslee. State officials said police are rounding up the prisoners released early because some may have to go back and finish their sentences.
The issue was first spotted in 2012, but repairs were delayed until a new CIO at the Department of Corrections noticed the problem again. That system has been miscalculating sentences ever since and has been releasing prisoners about two months early.
The governor said he ordered the DOC to halt all releases of offenders within the group affected by this glitch, until their release date is hand calculated and personally verified.
50 is the average number of days (reports vary) a prisoner had cut off their sentence due to the glitch, however one prisoner was released almost 2 years early.
Those former inmates, however, will be given “day for day” good credit for their time in the community. But that fix was repeatedly postponed and rescheduled, Brown said. Outliers range from just a few days to 600 days early.
“The agency should be held accountable for this breach”, he said.
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“We will see what we can find out about this and whether any of these individuals have committed crimes and what crimes they committed when they should have been in prison”, Padden said.
