California 'High Risk' Prisoners Wrongly Released Due to Computer Errors

Computer errors resulted in some 450 inmates with "a high risk for violence" being wrongly released from California prisons, the Los Angeles Times reported in its Thursday edition. On top of the 450, more than 1,000 prisoners, deemed to be at high risk of committing drug and property crimes, were also released into the community. All the offenders were placed on "non-revocable parole" -- a program that does not require them to report to parole officers.