[lultimouomo]

Also:

  The governor ordered the DOC to halt all releases of prisoners whose sentences could have been affected until a hand calculation is done to ensure offenders are being released on the correct date.

Since the bug affects 3% of the prisoners, this means they are willingly illegally detaining 97% of the people that are to be released next month. And just to add insult to the damage they say they do it to "ensure offenders are being released on the correct date". Later is not correct.

[pc86]

> whose sentences could have been affected

If the offense did not include firearms, deadly weapon, of sex offense enhancements, the inmate does not meet the "could have been affected" criteria. The same is true if there was no "good time" applied to the sentence at all.

If they cannot prove that an inmate's scheduled release date is incorrect, they would be released. The DOC does not have the power to hold an inmate beyond their release date.

[lultimouomo]

> If they cannot prove that an inmate's scheduled release date is incorrect, they would be released.

I would hope so, but I think that at the very least the language was chosen to suggest that they would err on the side of keeping people incarcerated. That this could be seen as politically rewarding is... scary.

[bdcravens]

Many states have statutes that provide financial compensation per diem for incarceration that exceeds the term.