Glitch brings 11,000 false victim alerts

More than 11,000 registrants on Indiana's victim-notification Web site received erroneous notification of a prisoner's immediate release from the Indiana Department of Correction. The state's program is run by Kentucky-based Appriss Inc., which provides victim-notification services around the country. Department of Correction spokesman Doug Garrison said the problem was caused by Appriss during routine maintenance on its Web site.

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