Whistleblowers: Software Bug Keeping Hundreds Of Inmates In Arizona Prisons Beyond Release Dates
According to Arizona Department of Corrections whistleblowers, hundreds of incarcerated people who should be eligible for release are being held in prison because the inmate management software cannot interpret current sentencing laws. KJZZ is not naming the whistleblowers because they fear retaliation. The employees said they have been raising the issue internally for more than a year, but prison administrators have not acted to fix the software bug. The sources said Chief Information Officer Holly Greene and Deputy Director Joe Profiri have been aware of the problem since 2019. The Arizona Department of Corrections confirmed there is a problem with the software. As of 2019, the department had spent more than $24 million contracting with IT company Business & Decision, North America to build and maintain the software program, known as ACIS, that is used to manage the inmate population in state prisons. One of the software modules within ACIS, designed to calculate release dates for inmates, is presently unable to account for an amendment to state law that was passed in 2019. Senate Bill 1310, authored by former Sen. Eddie Farnsworth, amended the Arizona Revised Statutes so that certain inmates convicted of nonviolent offenses could earn additional release credits upon the completion of programming in state prisons. Gov. Ducey signed the bill in June of 2019. But department sources say the ACIS software is not still able to identify inmates who qualify for SB 1310 programming, nor can it calculate their new release dates upon completion of the programming. “We knew from day one this wasn’t going to work” a department source said. “When they approved that bill, we looked at it and said ‘Oh shit.’” After repeated internal warnings, employees sent a report to department leadership in October, 2020, specifically detailing the software bug. Continua su https://kjzz.org/content/1660988/whistleblowers-software-bug-keeping-hundred... Il codice non è Legge, ma i bachi possono essere (trasformati in) giudici e carcerieri. Giacomo
Giacomo Tesio <giacomo@tesio.it> writes: [...]
Senate Bill 1310, authored by former Sen. Eddie Farnsworth, amended the Arizona Revised Statutes so that certain inmates convicted of nonviolent offenses could earn additional release credits upon the completion of programming in state prisons. Gov. Ducey signed the bill in June of 2019.
But department sources say the ACIS software is not still able to identify inmates who qualify for SB 1310 programming, nor can it calculate their new release dates upon completion of the programming.
Ehrm: ma questi carcerati non ce l'hanno un avvocato difensore che li tiri fuori? Sono troppo poveri e possono solo aspettare il giudizio di ACIS? Se l'automazione serve, come pare, solo a risparmiare gli stipendi di persone che pensano, sostituiti da macchine che calcolano male perché risparmiano anche sui programmatori che le devono aggiornare, allora le cose andranno peggio, molto ma molto peggio. Questa è SOLO la punta dell'iceberg, perché interi sistemi informativi sono tenuti assieme "col fil di ferro" che finché vanno va bene, l'importante è risparmiare sempre di più... finché non si rompe qualche filo e qualcuno si fa male [1]. Saluti, Giovanni [...] [1] SolarWind Orion docet -- Giovanni Biscuolo Noi, incompetenti come siamo, non abbiamo alcun titolo per suggerire alcunché.
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