Sentencing Calculation Error 2015
In 2015, there was a discovery of a long-standing sentencing computation issue that resulted in a narrow subset of incarcerated individuals being given excessive “good time (pdf)” and leaving prison early. Subsequently, case reviews were completed for all incarcerated individual sentences potentially affected and a software fix to the computation issue was implemented in 2016.
Release Information
Releases between December 17, 2011 – December 17, 2015.
| Potential Sentence Recalculated Incarcerated Individual Releases (pdf) Any incarcerated individual released with a flat-time enhancement/mandatory count. |
1,530 |
|---|---|
| Not Impacted After review, incarcerated individual never owed time and no additional review is necessary. |
399 |
| Compliant after release After review, incarcerated individual is eligible for day-for-day credit for time spent in community (Roach Decision (pdf)) and no longer owes time. No additional review. |
1015 |
| Case reviews not completed | 00 |
| Total identified for return to confinement After review, incarcerated individual owes time on his/her sentence and an arrest plan was initiated. |
116 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alleged crime within window After review, incarcerated individual's criminal history record shows a gross misdemeanor, misdemeanor or felony charge/arrest during the window of time he/she would have otherwise been in prison. (Committed Alleged Crime Within Window List (pdf).)
|
30 | ||||||||||
| Abscond within window Any incarcerated individual with an arrest review that includes a supervision violation for abscond or failure to report with a warrant issued during his/her window of time between actual release and new calculated release date.
|
50 | ||||||||||
| Still owe time Any incarcerated individual who still owes time and has been identified for arrest, but the arrest review does not show a conviction or violation in the window.
|
33 | ||||||||||
| Warrant cancelled after arrest plan Any active warrant was cancelled because the person earned Roach credits for day-for-day time in the community prior to arrest.
|
3 |
| Furloughs All releases granted a furlough (pdf). |
5 |
|---|
| Days recalculated Average number of days by which the release date was inaccurate. |
59 |
|---|
Documentation
Information will be posted to this page as it becomes available.
- Releases of Incarcerated Individuals 2002-2011 with Review Status Listed (pdf) (posted 6/6/16)
- Senate Subpoena Process Flowchart (pdf) (posted 2/10/16)
- IT Chronology (pdf) (posted 2/5/16; updated 2/8/16)
- Email — 2002 (pdf) (posted 2/5/16)
- Washington State Senate Memo: First Installment of Documents (pdf) (posted 2/1/16)
- Sentencing Recalculation Data Presentation – January 26, 2016 (pdf) (posted 1/26/16)
- DOC Releases All Incarcerated Individual Names (pdf) (posted 1/25/16)
- Releases of Incarcerated Individuals July 2002 – December 2011 Potentially Affected by Sentencing Error (pdf) (posted 1/25/16; updated 5/27/16)
- Public Disclosure Requests and Status (pdf) (posted 2/5/16)
- Quality Assurance Process Map (pdf) (posted 1/25/16)
- Senate Law & Justice/Senate Accountability and Reform Committees Presentations
- Case Reviews Completed List (pdf) (posted 1/14/16; updated 3/8/16)
- Sentence Calculation Example Video
(posted 1/13/16) - Senate Law & Justice Committee Presentation – January 11, 2016 (pdf) (posted 1/12/16)
- Sentenced Recalculated Incarcerated Individuals Statistics
- Committed Alleged Crime Within Window List (pdf) (posted 1/8/16; updated 1/25/16)
- Apprehended List (pdf) (posted 1/8/16; updated 1/21/16)
- DOC Staff Memo: OMNI Solution (pdf) (posted 1/5/16)
- Process and Roles Map – Updated (pdf) (posted 12/29/15; updated 1/25/16)
- DOC Staff Memo: Sentence Recalculated Incarcerated Individual Arrest and Notification Protocols (pdf) (posted 12/31/15)
- Process Maps for Placement in Prison, Reentry or Jails (pdf) (posted 12/31/15)
- Organizational Charts (posted 12/31/15)
- PRESS RELEASE: Corrections Secretary Contacts Victim's Mother (pdf) (posted 12/31/15)
- PRESS RELEASE: Department of Corrections Responds to Investigative Report on Sentencing Error (pdf) (posted 02/25/16)
- Emails – December 2012 (pdf) (posted 12/30/15)
- Explanation of Roach Decision (pdf) (posted 12/29/15)
- Furlough Part 1 – Memo (pdf) (posted 12/29/15)
- Furlough Part 2 – Protocol Process (pdf) (posted 12/29/15)
- PRESS RELEASE: Corrections Secretary Offers Apology (pdf) (posted 12/28/15)
- Information for Families (pdf) (posted 12/24/15)
- Information for Incarcerated Individuals (pdf) (posted 12/24/15)
- Information for Callers (pdf) (posted 12/24/15)
- "Good Time" Compliance Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (pdf) (posted 12/22/15)
- "Good Time" Compliance Timeline (pdf) (posted 12/22/15; updated 2/5/16)
- What is sequencing? (pdf) (posted 12/22/15, updated 1/9/16)
- PRESS RELEASE: Governor Inslee announces immediate actions to fix 13-year-old sentencing errors discovered at state prisons (posted 12/22/15)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Q: Who are the Incarcerated Individuals returned to a correctional facility? (posted 12/29/15)
A: Please see the Apprehended List (pdf) (originally posted 1/8/16)
Q: What is the name of the software vendor involved in updating the Offender Management Network Information (OMNI) system? (posted 12/29/15)
A: Sierra-Cedar (Sierra Systems)
Q: How is the Department working with victims on this matter? (posted 12/28/15)
A: The Department of Corrections has an office for victim notification and assistance. For those who have been notified of an incarcerated individual's upcoming release, we are providing updated notification as soon as possible of the re-calculated release date for those cases impacted by the error. If any victim or survivor has a question about how the re-calculation affects the sentence of a specific incarcerated individual, they may call the DOC Victim Services Program at (800) 322-2201.
Q: What is the name of the incarcerated individual in the particular case that caught the initial error in 2012? (posted 12/24/15)
A: Curtis Robinson
- DOC 357042
- Admitted: April 2, 2012
- County of conviction: King County
- Crime of conviction: Second degree Assault with a Deadly Weapon
- Sentence: 18 months; 6 for Assault and 12 for Enhancement
- Initial Earned Release Date: February 5, 2013
- Recalculated Actual Earned Release Date: March 22, 2013
Q: Can we get the name of the victim who pointed out the error? (posted 12/24/15)
A: Victims' names are exempt from public disclosure. Because we knew there was media interest, our victim services unit reached out to the family and they have requested their names not be released.
Q: Who are the initial five returned to a correctional facility? (posted 12/24/15)
A: Please see table below.
| DOC # | Last Name | First Name | County | Crime | Enhancement | Original Release | Adjusted Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 376600 | Williams | Eugene | King | Assault 2 | Deadly Weapon | 12/7/2015 | 1/22/2016 |
| 359354 | Davis | Bobby | Skagit | Assault 2, Burglary 1 | Deadly Weapon, Deadly Weapon | 12/10/2015 | 1/31/2016 |
| 341496 | Iman | Paul | Pierce | Robbery 1 | Deadly Weapon | 12/15/2015 | 2/9/2016 |
| 873866 | Adams | Jesse | Snohomish | Assault 2 with Deadly Weapon, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm 2 | Firearm, Firearm | 12/7/2015 | 2/9/2016 |
| 377317 | Acevedo | Eduardo | Yakima | Robbery 2 | Deadly Weapon | 12/8/2015 | 2/24/2016 |