For 13 years, a software error of Washington Department of Corrections 3200 made it possible to leave prison before serving his sentence.
In order to release the prisoners, applies system They earn credits for good behavior and expert assessments. 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 Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.
Thanks to this error, the prisoners came 55 days on average before serve 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.
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