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Maryland Prisons MisCalculate Half of All Prisoner Release Dates
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2005, page 31
by David M. Reutter
Filed under:
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Prison Labor,
Sentencing,
Good Time,
Wrongful Imprisonment.
Location:
Maryland.
Up to one half of all Maryland prisoners early release dates at two prisons were erroneous, concluded a report by the Maryland Office of Legislative Audits. The report declined to identify the two prisons it audited, as it felt the problems exposed are system wide.
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