 Quinn suspended the practice Sunday and called for a "top-to-bottom"
review. His staff will scrutinize the unpublicized change in
Corrections Department policy that awarded good-conduct time upfront
and abandoned a requirement that inmates serve at least 61 days.
The Associated Press reported that more than 850 inmates have
been released from state prison early since September.
The inmates never left state prison processing centers.
Corrections said it saved money in transporting inmates to other
prisons for short stints.
But the policy outraged law enforcement officials when they were
told about it by the AP.
[Associated Press]
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