"State releases inmate nearly a year early" by Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff | April 20, 2010
The state prison system, which has wrongly confined at least 15 prisoners beyond their release dates in recent years, miscalculated again last week, freeing an inmate nearly a year early.
The inmate, a convicted drug dealer who was released 11 months prematurely, was taken back into custody by the Department of Correction Apprehension Unit and Clinton police hours later, according to Diane Wiffin, a spokeswoman for the department.
You just can't get it right either way, can you, Massachusetts?
Another inmate, who had been convicted of manslaughter, was released two months late the same day....
But keep the non-violent drug users in jail.
That'll keep us all safe.
