early release of prisoners

SEATTLE (AP) — The state Attorney General's Office says it erred in 2012 when a former state attorney told the Department of Corrections that a problem with the early release of prisoners didn't need to be addressed immediately. A programming error led to the early release of up to 3,200 prisoners over a 13-year period because of miscalculated sentences...

  OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A Senate panel is beginning its formal hearings into its inquiry into the erroneous early release of prisoners in Washington state. The Senate Law and Justice Committee released thousands of pages of documents gathered as parts of investigation, including emails from the state Department of Corrections related to a software coding error at the agency that led to the early r