This is riducles. Sorry if this is a repost.

Prison Officials Look For Mistakenly Released Inmates
All Released Inmates Were Serving Meth-Related Sentences

POSTED: 11:44 pm CDT April 18, 2004

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- State prison officials were still looking Sunday for eight convicts who were released early by mistake.

32 inmates were mistakenly released early. All were serving time for meth-related convictions.

State prison officials noticed their mistake a few days ago and began rounding up the convicts Friday. Many had been free for months before parole officers took them into custody.

Several parole officers across the state were working overtime Sunday in an effort to find the convicts. Prison spokeswoman Dina Tyler said that if the men are found soon -- and they surrender -- they will not face additional jail time.

All 32 were supposed to serve at least 70 percent of their sentence in prison before they were paroled. But prison officials mistakenly classified them as needing to spend as little as a sixth of their sentence in prison, counting time off for good behavior.

http://www.thehometownchannel.com/news/3016808/detail.html?treets=fts&tml=fts_8pm&ts=T&tmi=fts_8pm_1_08000104192004

Prison spokeswoman Dina Tyler said that if the men are found soon -- and they surrender -- they will not face additional jail time.

Gosh, what should they face additional jail time ???? They didn't escape, they were released !!!!

Yes you're right Wannamae, this is ridiculous !!! They should let them out now that they released them !!!

Thanks for sharing.
Phil

I just heard about this today. It makes me sick!!! I even heard that one man was released a year ago, had a job and was church-going, had completely turned his life around, and now he has three more years to serve. This is just terrible!!!!!

Well, gee! They shouldn't face additional time, they were released! DUH, Dina!!! If these guys were released by the PPTB, & are doing fine on supervision, they should be allowed to stay out. That whole 70% law is the reason the prisons are so backed up anyway. Wonder what mistake the prison system will make next? You're right, it is ridiculous!

News said that this event is causing "some lawmakers" to think the 70 percent law may be too harsh, so maybe good can come of it. The guys get credit for jail time for the time they were out, but now they are "wanted" and will get additional time added if they don't turn themselves back in. This story makes it look like it's so easy to get parole!

WTF? Thats BS! Can they do that?!?

Can the ADC do something STUPID that defies logic and common sense? Yep - figured that out a while back! *smirk*

So true, Juliewaits. Like Hunter, he was out on an ADC bond until they had room for him in prison. What a danger to society he really was! It's all about punishment, not rehabilitation as far as I can tell.

I know right? My husbands crime was 12/31/99. He walked the streets until July 14, 2003 and now, if his grandma dies, he can only attend her funeral in shackles, accompanied by a guard?

No doubt it IS all about punishment, and I can't say that's a bad thing. It's just hard to see everyone treated the same. It's so weird to know that one of my husband's "friends" shot his wife to death after chasing her through the nursing home where she worked. It's just so weird that the people I talk to and laugh with every week (Jaycees) are murders and rapists, etc and are doing "life."

It's weird to be friends with someone who met and married her husband AFTER he was incarcerated for life. It's hard not to pity her for knowing she'll never ever see her husband outside a prison visitation room. It's hard to understand why she would make such a choice, but it's hers, and I can't/won't judge her - I just try not to feel sorry for her choices.

Ah look, julie's all philosophical tonight. haha

Julie, you have very good points!

It really is about punishment, why else would every guy (regardless of their crime) receive the same treatment in prison. They may have different sentencing guidelines, but it's all the same in prison...sometimes guys with life get better treatment--they often get the better jobs, the ones with more priviledges. While I don't understand what would make someone marry a person who was in prison for the remainder of his/her life, I do know (from experience) that you can't help who you love. Your heart sometimes has to rule your head. Now, I wouldn't go LOOKING for love in a prison, wouldn't ever consider writing to someone & marrying them before our first real "date", but I do understand how you can get to know someone in that setting & see hope. Isn't there a saying about hope springing eternal, or something along those lines? I actually worked with a lady who met/married her husband while he was in prison, he's in for life & she is totally devoted to him & vice-versa. It totally shocked me that she was in this situation, she just didn't seem the "type". But what is the type? LOL Guess there isn't one, cuz I know how I felt about that before....
JC

oh, yes, how we thought about it "before." my thoughts and perceptions regarding prison have changed so much!

Mine too. It's amazing how quickly I learned that prison life is a lot different than I ever thought.

And inmates doing life CAN actually be "nice people"

So true!

I remember this one day, I had been working at the prison for about 2 weeks & came in carrying a ton of stuff. The porter at the gate offered to help me & I was sooo happy because I had a what seemed a mile to walk to my office. We chatted all the way through the building, out the back, past the dock, & on towards my office in the lower back 40 of the unit. We go through our last gate & he started talking about what he had done--he was in for murder, life w/out parole!!! I can imagine my face turned as white as snow & I tried not to show it. But, after all was said & done, he was a really nice guy. He even said he didn't mean to alarm me & I said it surprised me that he had the "job" he was assigned to do. He laughed & said he'd earned it after 20 years in prison, guess he's right. It became our little joke though, everyday no matter what, he'd ask if I needed help carrying my stuff :). It amazed me how forgiving he was, considering that I was supposed to be the one helping the guys in prison & not JUDGING them. Learned a wonderful lesson from that one...just goes to show you that all those guys aren't as bad as they are represented to society. You can learn a lot about an inmate--many of those lifers would do things differently if they were given another chance, some wouldn't. Perceptions can change as can actions.
JC