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| MDOC clears sex-offender class backlog |
| By lansingstatejournal.com- Justin A. Hinkley |
| Published: 05/19/2015 |
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LANSING – The Michigan Department of Corrections has cleared a backlog of convicted sex offenders waiting for a class to be eligible for parole, a spokesman said. Spokesman Chris Gautz said Monday that, as of last summer, 270 prisoners had passed their earliest-possible release date without being offered a class they were required to take to be eligible for parole. But the backlog had been cleared as of the end of March after the department paid Corrections psychologists and other employees overtime to catch up on the roughly six-month-long courses. He said he didn't know how long the typical prisoner waited for the class. The department started paying overtime to tackle the backlog last summer. Some prisoners were on the list after refusing to take the course or because they accessed other programs to be eligible for parole, he said. Read More. |
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