State has incorrectly given early release to 3,200 prisoners since 2002, due to a computer glitch

The state of Washington has incorrectly given early release to 3,200 convicts since 2002, due to a computer error in which credit for “good time” was miscalculated. The computer error was discovered in 2012 but inexplicably not fixed. Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday ordered the Department of Corrections to halt all releases from state prisons, within the group of convicts that could be early release, until a hand calculation is done to determine that the person is being let out at th