work release

noun

: the practice of allowing a prisoner to work outside of the prison during the day

prisoners on work release

Examples of work release in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Epstein, who lived in New York and Florida, served just over a year behind bars in Palm Beach County as a result of his 2008 guilty plea to soliciting a person under 18 for prostitution, though was allowed to go to his office nearly every day on work release, PEOPLE previously reported. —

Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024 Epstein was also allowed liberal work release, which permitted him to spend up to 16 hours a day at his office in West Palm Beach. —

James Hill, ABC News, 1 July 2024 Bloom said the earlier 2023 suicide involved an inmate on work release who went into a bathroom, took off his pants and hanged himself with the clothing, while under the control of Miami-Dade’s corrections department. —

Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 12 June 2024 Diggins said work release was not operating near its full capacity when it was disbanded. —

Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 13 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for work release

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