THE STATE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT IS SET TO RELEASE ITS MASSIVE AUDIT OF INMATE FILES AT THE END OF THE MONTH. JUST LAST WEEK, THE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THAT A MAN CONVICTED IN A DOUBLE MURDER CASE FROM 1994 … DION HENDERSON … WAS MISTAKENLY RELEASED IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR. STATE OFFICIALS DIDN'T DISCOVER THE ERROR UNTIL LAST MONDAY. HENDERSON WAS LOCATED THE FOLLOWING DAY AND TAKEN BACK TO PRISON.
CORRECTIONS SPOKESPERSON ALEX TOMLIN SAYS PHASE ONE OF THE AUDIT WILL INCLUDE INFORMATION ON INMATES MISTAKENLY LET OUT EARLY FROM SEPTEMBER OF 2010 TO SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
