For 13 years, software error Washington Department of Corrections (USA. ) enabled to 3200 prisoner leave before completing his sentence.
In order to release the prisoners, a system of credits earned for good behavior and assessments applied expert. The problem is that the software assigns these loans, had a flaw that “giving away points.”
The discovery of this bug in the software of prisons was noticed only in 2012, thanks to family a prisoner was told that it was too early to release him, according to information from The Seattle Times.
This case gave rise to begin investigations and give this error. They identified that for 13 years there was no patch to repair it. “The fact that this problem existed for 13 years is deeply disappointing. It is totally unacceptable and maddening,” said e l Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.
Because of this error, the prisoners took 55 days on average before completing his sentence. Meanwhile, already has scheduled a software update that fixes this bug and will run during the month of January, this after multiple delays since 2012
Source:. Fayerwayer
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