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| Report: release credits not fully applied |
| By The Associated Press |
| Published: 02/18/2008 |
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CALIFORNIA - Hundreds of inmates aren't getting the early releases they earned through good behavior and working in prison, costing the state millions in housing costs and legal settlements, according to a report published Sunday. Offenders were set to remain in prison longer than they deserved in more than half of the 679 inmate cases sampled last year by state investigators, according to records obtained by the Los Angeles Times. Fifty-nine of those prisoners had already overstayed and were released after serving a total of 20 years too many, an average of four months each. "They just did what they wanted to do at the Department of Corrections," said Nicholas Shearin, 38, of Hawthorne, who received less than a third of the good-behavior credit he was due and was released from prison eight months later than he should have been. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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