PORT ORCHARD, Wash. (AP) — An inmate from the Kitsap County Jail who recently earned his GED discovered a math error in how the county calculates “good time” for inmates.
The discovery by 48-year-old Robert “Doug” Pierce affects not only his sentence but other state prisoners from Kitsap County.
The Kitsap Sun reports the county has agreed to rewrite its policy.
Good time is the time inmates can reduce their sentence by good behavior, an important tool in jail management.
The state’s 37 county jails can award any amount of good time up to one-third of the sentence.
