Mistake led to less supervision for dozens of ex-convicts
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 9:55 AM PDT
By The Associated Press
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E-mail this articleTACOMA — The Tacoma News Tribune reports that state prison officials are tracking down more than 70 ex-convicts whose community supervision ended too soon.
And, the paper says, hundred more need to have their supervision level increased.
The Department of Corrections says the wrong classification system was applied to inmates released in the past three months.
The supervision is based on risk assessment scores: high violent, high non-violent, moderate and low. Higher risk ex-cons are required to report more frequently to community corrections officers and may be monitored more closely for drug use and other behaviors
The department started using a new formula in August that left out a base score for a prison record.
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