1.   The prison agency also notified victims by mail when a convict was released from prison.

2.   Cuban officials said that short leaves were not unusual for prisoners, but denied that convicts had been released so they could leave the island.

3.   The document reflects a belief within the administration that crimping the supply of drugs in prison will cut the demand for them after the convicts are released.

4.   Under state law, certain convicts must be released from prison when their time served and credits for good behavior equal the length of their sentence.

5.   But the convict was released last month pending appeal after test results apparently showed that the cause of death did not involve firing the pen from a crossbow.

6.   Terhune admitted the errors before a state Senate committee whose members demanded to know exactly how the convict was released and who authorized it.

7.   The convicts will be released from tomorrow because the time they have spent in detention is the same as the prison term ordered by the court.