×
You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.
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.
The …
Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.
As a digital subscriber to Prison Legal News, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.
Already a subscriber? Login
More from this issue:
- Prison Design Boycott a Challenge to the Professional Business of Incarceration, by Raphael Sperry
- North Carolina Prosecutors Reprimanded For Intentionally Withholding Crucial Exculpatory Evidence in
- Parole for Women in California: Promise or Pathos, by Corey Weinstein
- From the Editor
- California Prison Gang Linked to Guards and Mexican Drug Cartel
- CIA Private Jet Takes Prisoners on Torture Trips
- Connecticut: Rash of Prisoner Suicides Prompt Questions, Concerns
- Rising Deaths and Violence Among Problems In Illinois Prisons, Jails
- Jail Policy Barring Abortion Without Court Order Upheld
- Oklahoma Prisons Suffer Crisis of Violence and Mismanagement
- Overturned Conviction Nets Baltimore Man $1.4 Million
- Federal Prison Problematic For Texas Officials, by Michael Rigby
- Tulia Undercover Deputy Tom Coleman Convicted of Perjury, by Hans Sherrer
- Procedural Default In Exhausting State Administrative Remedies Held Not A Bar To Bringing § 1983 Act
- Los Angeles County Pays $125,000 In Medical Negligence Juvenile Camp Death
- Escaped Murderer Found Eleven Years Later
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics: Three-Strikes and No More, by Daniel E. Manville
- Supreme Court Holds Penalty Phase
- Fired, Tattooed, Nude-Posing Guard Settles with Maryland DOC for $10,000
- PLN Loses Florida Writer Pay Ban/Censorship, by David Reutter
- Higher Property Tax Collections Permit 25% Growth Of Los Angeles County Jail Capacity
- Mississippi Juvenile Legal Access Class Action Settled
- Maryland Prisons MisCalculate Half of All Prisoner Release Dates
- $97,000 in Damages and Fees Awarded in Arkansas Over Detention Suit
- New York City Settles Wrongful Imprisonment Suit For $1 Million
- New York Prisoner Awarded $195,000 for Hand, Knee Injury
- New York Employees Families Settle Attica Riot Claims for $12 Million
- Virginia Federal Court: Over 47 Hours in
- BJS Report Reveals Rising Imprisonment Rates, Trends In 2003
- Accounting Errors Plagued California Criminal Justice Agency
- SABER's Sexual History Disclosure Requirement Violates Fifth Amendment
- Jail Prisoner Strangles Psychiatrist; Jury Awards $2.6 Million
- PLRA Limits Prisoner's Attorney Fees Incurred Defending
- Mass Parole Re-Hearings in Tennessee Following AG Opinion, by Alex Friedmann
- Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of BOP Medical Neglect Case;
- News in Brief:
- U.S. Corrections Corporation Stock Suit
- 133 Prisoners Killed in Dominican Republic Prison Fire
More from these topics:
- Washington Governor Fires Independent Prison Watchdog, May 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Government Misconduct, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Administrative Detention/Segregation.
- Exonerated Texas Prisoner Entitled to $1.68 Million After 22 Years of Wrongful Incarceration, May 1, 2026. Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Actual Innocence/Claim of Innocence, Failure to Consult/Investigate/Raise, Expert and Opinion Testimony.
- Idaho DOC Director Denies Verified Report of Rampant Sexual Abuse of Women Prisoners by Staff, May 1, 2026. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Retaliatory Segregation, Prison Rape Elimination Act.
- Oklahoma DOC Paid Prison Guards $35.5 Million in Overtime in 2025, May 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Cost of Prison Systems, Totality of Conditions, Staffing, Staff Training.
- Monitor Says Massachusetts Prisons Will Not Meet Settlement Deadline for Mental Health Reforms, May 1, 2026. Private Prisons, DOC/BOP misconduct, Consent Decrees, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
- Watchdog Finds Barely 1 in 10 Complaints Against California Prison Staff Handled Adequately, May 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Evidence, Staff Training, Statutes of Limitation and Laches.
- Connecticut Correction Ombuds Finds DOC in “Sustained Institutional Failure”, May 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Totality of Conditions, Lockdowns, Prisoner Legal Assistance.
- Missouri Prisons Called Out for Incomplete Death Records, Hellish Solitary Heat, April 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Exposure to Heat, Confinement in Segregated Housing, Deliberate Indifference.
- Unsafe Drinking Water at Multiple Texas Prisons Highlights Lack of Transparency, April 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Infections, Environmental Law, Water, Public Records Act.
- Internal Assessment Contradicts Public Claims About Women’s Prisons, April 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Failure to Treat, Totality of Conditions, Toxic Fumes/Chemicals, Deliberate Indifference.

