A Woman Whose Bail Was Revoked Erroneously Released

A prisoner who should have been incarcerated was erroneously released and was walking the streets.  The slip-up happened last month and wasn’t discovered until last week. Fifty-year-old Kervisha Harris had been before the court for several months on a charge of burglary. But she had not been appearing in court, so on April fifth, her bail was revoked. On April eighth, however, she was brought from the prison for another charge – possession of utensils – which was a crack pipe. She pleaded guilty to that charge and was fined a thousand dollars but that was where the confusion happened. Instead of sending Harris back to prison because of the revocation of her bail, she was released. This means that Harris was free for over a month, that was from April eighth until last Friday twenty-fourth, when she should have been in prison after her bail was revoked on the case of burglary which she still has to answer to. Police issued a bench warrant last week and picked her up on Friday. She was taken before the court today and was committed back in the custody of the prison authorities.