RubberBuzz || Akron Unleashed: Glitch Gives Ohio Victims Big Scare

12.30.2005

Glitch Gives Ohio Victims Big Scare

OMG... my family thanks you for the f'in heart attack, Ohio. Thankfully, it was all a big mix up:

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.

This is probrably still just hitting a lot of people via their answering machines, I hope the local news will be kind enough to keep on top of this story.

Victims Told in Error Ohio Inmates Freed

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