work release
noun
US
: 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
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Conditions of the probation included one year of Huber, or work release, 1,000 hours of community service and a fine of $1,000.
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Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2024
The judge’s order does not permit work release while in jail and requires Lietzau to complete a drug treatment program afterward.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 12 Jan. 2024
The sentence's 14 months in county jail with work release are for a third-degree assault charge and the four years' probation are for a criminally negligent homicide charge, to be served concurrently with the jail sentence.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2024
An inmate vanished after walking away from a work release program, the Georgia Department of Corrections said.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024
An inmate who escaped from work release in north Alabama was later found hiding in a cornfield, authorities said Tuesday.
—Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 13 June 2023
Under the non-prosecution agreement, Epstein pleaded guilty to lesser state charges and served 13 months in jail – spending most of that time on work release – and paid settlements to victims.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2024
He was sentenced to three years in Lake County Community Corrections, with day reporting or work release, according to the plea’s terms after the program accepted him.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2023
The Alabama Department of Corrections is searching for a man who escaped Saturday from a work release program in Prichard.
—Staff Reports, al, 29 July 2023
Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2024
The judge’s order does not permit work release while in jail and requires Lietzau to complete a drug treatment program afterward.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 12 Jan. 2024
The sentence's 14 months in county jail with work release are for a third-degree assault charge and the four years' probation are for a criminally negligent homicide charge, to be served concurrently with the jail sentence.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2024
An inmate vanished after walking away from a work release program, the Georgia Department of Corrections said.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024
An inmate who escaped from work release in north Alabama was later found hiding in a cornfield, authorities said Tuesday.
—Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 13 June 2023
Under the non-prosecution agreement, Epstein pleaded guilty to lesser state charges and served 13 months in jail – spending most of that time on work release – and paid settlements to victims.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2024
He was sentenced to three years in Lake County Community Corrections, with day reporting or work release, according to the plea’s terms after the program accepted him.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2023
The Alabama Department of Corrections is searching for a man who escaped Saturday from a work release program in Prichard.
—Staff Reports, al, 29 July 2023
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“Work release.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20release. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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