"State corrections overdetention woes, known since 2012, cost state millions"

Written By William Most

The Law Office of William Most’s work was featured on the front page of the Time-Picayune and Advocate today.

As the article explains, “The Louisiana Department of Corrections has known for years that its flawed process for calculating prisoners' release dates often leads to people being incarcerated for longer than they should. But new court filings released Thursday show the department's knowledge of the problem extends back farther than previously revealed — to 2012.”

Our court filing that broke the whole story can be read here.

And the DOC does not deny any of this. As the highest official in the DOC testified:

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