A programming error in the computer that calculates when prisoners should be released allowed some 3,200 inmates out early over the last 13 years, state officials said Tuesday.
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The computer coding error dates to 2002 after the Washington Supreme Court ruled that the state had to credit inmates for “good time” earned while in county jail.
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“Frankly, it is maddening”, said Inslee, who was first informed of the problem late last week. Ever since a court ruling about earned time in 2002, a computer program error has been miscalculating “good time” for certain prisoners, according to Inslee’s office.
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Meanwhile, Inslee says the state has hired two retired federal prosecutors to discover out how the problem persisted for so long.
“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”.
The state Department of Corrections expects to have a software fix in place by January 7 to correct the error that led to the early releases, Inslee’s office said.
Inslee and his staff say the error only affected prisoners whose sentences included “enhancements”, meaning their sentences were increased by the involvement of firearms, being near a school, or other similar factors.
“The department is now unraveling the circumstances that created this error”, Inslee said Tuesday.
As the state identifies inmates that should be returned to prison to serve more time, the state will work with local law enforcement to find them and bring them back. The family questioned why the inmate was being released so early, did their own calculation of his possible release date that showed it was too soon, and contacted the department. Early estimates indicate that the median number of days offenders were released from prison is 49 days before their correct release date. Under state law, prisoners who get extra time for sentencing enhancements can not have that time reduced for good behavior.
The 3,200 inmates released represent roughly 3 percent of all releases during the 13-year time period starting in 2002, Inslee said. But officials have identified at least seven prisoners who were freed but haven’t reached their corrected release date yet, and they will need to return to prison. “When I learned of this, I ordered the Department of Corrections to correct this, to fix it fast and fix it right.”
Brown says most cases were 100 days or less, and the prisoner who potentially could have been released 600 days early was still incarcerated. It was actually the family of a victim who notified authorities of the problem when they became concerned about an offender who was released earlier than anticipated.
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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.
