Until 3200 prisoners in the state of Washington in the United States, were released before they have completed to fulfill the entire sentence since 2002. The reason is a programming error known as the body responsible for prisons three years ago. The problem was revealed by Jay Inslee, state governor, at a press conference on December 22.
Estimates suggest that the prisoners were released on average 55 days before the end of the sentence, according to the newspaper “Seattle Times”.
The authorities are now trying to locate the prisoners, they finish serving his sentence. Five have already returned to jail. But most should not return to prison because the law provides a credit to every free day is worth a day trapped. In a severe case, a prisoner had the sentence reduced by 600 days, but as was never released, it is not entitled to credit.
The error was introduced in 2002 after a Supreme Court decision the United States who decided that prisoners deserved a reduced sentence in credits “good behavior” received in state prisons and in county prisons. . The software that makes the calculation had to be updated to take into account this decision
For some reason, however, the program now not take into account the constraints of certain aggravating the sentence: the sexual assault and firearm sizes and lethal weapon. According to local law, aggravating these are not subject to reduction for good behavior.
The problem was reported by the family of a prisoner in 2012 and a call to resolve the issue was opened in December of that year. Over the next three years, the correction postponed several times. The software must only be corrected in January after more than 15 years with the problem.
An investigation was initiated to discover the reason for the delays. No one was held accountable.
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