Lawsuit: Kentucky Department of Corrections kept inmate in prison 7 months after sentence was served

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Described in the suit as an "Unconscionable disaster," prison officials allegedly refused to credit Albert Jones with time he served before a 2010 robbery conviction, as stipulated in his plea agreement, which would have required his release by at least July 26, 2016.

On April 16, 2015, the lawsuit claims, Jefferson Circuit Court Judge Brian Edwards ordered the Kentucky Department of Corrections to give Jones credit for time he served before his conviction.

Still, according to the suit, Jones was not released from Northpoint Training Center in Burgin, Kentucky, until Feb. 27, seven months after he served out his sentence.

The suit, filed by Louisville attorney Aaron Bentley, claims corrections officials were "Deliberately indifferent" to Jones' repeated notifications that he had served his time.

The stipulation to give Jones credit for time he served before his conviction was worked out in his plea agreement, according to the suit.

In February, Edwards ordered that Jones be given credit for time he served before the guilty plea "In accordance with the plea agreement," according to court records.

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