April 16, 2010
Corrections Dept. admits inmate release mistake
California is reversing course tonight after releasing several hundred potentially violent inmates with absolutely no supervision. Now the Department of Corrections is trying to track them down -- something that may prove easier said than done.
A new law allowed the California Department of Corrections to release more than 6,600 low-risk inmates on unsupervised, non-revocable parole. But the agency now says about 500 of those need to be supervised after all.
Its software program that helps assess the risk of them committing another crime has been upgraded-now taking into consideration an inmate's previous county convictions...
LINK - ABCLocal.go.com
