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MA: The department of incorrection Prisoner kept beyond term, despite state's vow to change

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

The department of incorrection Prisoner kept beyond term, despite state's vow to change Mark Taylor was held in prison beyond his release date. Mark Taylor was held in prison beyond his release date. By David Abel Globe Staff / January 29, 2009 In the fall of 2006, halfway into a five-year sentence at the Massachusetts Treatment Center, the inmate asked prison officials why he was not accruing time off his term for good behavior. An official in the records division responded in writing, erroneously telling Taylor that he was not eligible because he was a habitual offender. One afternoon last month prison officials realized the mistake and abruptly told Taylor he was leaving, more than seven months after he should have been released, even though he had nowhere to go...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 29, 2009 (boomark / email).