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Glitch sends false notice to crime victims, triggers probe
By santacruzsentinel.com- Gosia Wozniacka
Published: 03/23/2015

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Routine computer maintenance caused a major technical glitch that sent out thousands of false reports, saying prison inmates had been released, according to Oregon officials.

About 8,000 incorrect notices went out to victims and their families Friday evening, including an alert that wrongfully said a prisoner convicted of killing two schoolgirls in Oregon City had been discharged.

Corrections Department spokeswoman Betty Bernt says the system contractor, Appriss, has twice alerted those who received the notifications to say they were erroneous.

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