work release
noun
US
: the practice of allowing a prisoner to work outside of the prison during the day
prisoners on work release
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Both Young and Casey will be eligible for work release.
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Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
The running back was sentenced to work release and probation and was also ordered to complete 200 hours of community service and pay approximately $7,000 in restitution and fees.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2024
The polling place serves Assembly District 8, where democratic candidate Enrique Murguia was recently sentenced to work release for his second drunk driving conviction.
—Jolan Kruse, Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024
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
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Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
The running back was sentenced to work release and probation and was also ordered to complete 200 hours of community service and pay approximately $7,000 in restitution and fees.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2024
The polling place serves Assembly District 8, where democratic candidate Enrique Murguia was recently sentenced to work release for his second drunk driving conviction.
—Jolan Kruse, Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024
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
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“Work release.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20release. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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