How to Use work release in a Sentence

work release

noun
  • Glenn said the board has denied parole to 74 people this month on minimum custody work release.
    Alabama Reflector, al, 23 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • If a judge accepts the deal, the terms call for a three-year sentence to be served in Lake County Community Corrections, i.e. day reporting or work release, if he is screened and accepted.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 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
  • The plea deal calls for a split sentence — 2.5 years in Lake County Community Corrections, such as a work release or day reporting program, and 2.5 years on probation.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2023
  • The deal called for two years served with Lake County Community Corrections’ work release program and another three years on probation.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2023
  • An inmate vanished after walking away from a work release program, the Georgia Department of Corrections said.
    Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 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
  • Monitoring is also used for inmates who are sentenced to Drug Court and work release, which allows inmates to maintain employment while serving a sentence imposed by the court.
    Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 24 July 2023
  • 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
  • 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

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