Victims Told in Error Ohio Inmates Freed

Friday December 30, 2005 8:47 PM


COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Thousands of Ohio crime victims received calls from a computer notification system on Friday mistakenly telling them inmates had been released, a state prisons spokesman said.

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction believes the problem stemmed from a computer glitch that happened during maintenance. The agency was double-checking to ensure that no inmates were accidentally released, spokesman Brian Niceswanger said.

About 3,000 calls were made starting at noon on Friday, he said. The system was shut down when the glitch was discovered about an hour later when concerned crime victims started calling the agency.

Officials still were trying to determine how many inmates the calls involved.

damn that would suck if you were the victim and you got a call saying the guy had been released ahead of time

yep id sue big time for emotional trama....

yeah like what if you were a rape victim I would be scared right out of my socks

i bet most of those people that got called locked their door tonight and stayed home even so they know now it was a mistake

I know I would

i'd sit and wait with my shovel.... nothing like a lil head bashing on new years eve....

yeah or a shotgun

too messy

yeah......ur all about the shovel lol

yep, its quieter and easier to sneak up on somebody with a shovel ...lol