Trending Topics

Sentencing Errors

A flaw in the new good-conduct credit program caused some inmates’ sentences to be lengthened rather than cut short
DOC officials blame paperwork mixups, ‘human error’
The Department of Corrections and governor’s office disclosed in December that a software coding error led to the early release of up to 3,200 prisoners since 2002 because of miscalculated sentences
Nebraska prison officials say the errors made in calculating sentences for hundreds of inmates will cost the state about $4 million over the next decade