The state
Corrections Department's new system of bouncing all inmate release documents to
a central office for approval often has resulted late releases for parolees.
The
Albuquerque Journal reports that officials say parolees have been walking out
of prison about two weeks past their expected release dates ever since the
system changed in early September. Those delays have prompted as many as 100
calls a day from inmates' upset relatives.
The move to send release approvals
to the department's central office in Santa
Fe
A recent statewide
audit of state prisons identified about half a dozen early or late releases,
including one man who was released eight years too early.
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