Work release

Work release

In prison systems, work release programs allow a prisoner who is sufficiently trusted or can be sufficiently monitored leave confinement to continue working at his or her current place of employment, returning to prison when his/her shift is complete. The concept was introduced in the state of Wisconsin in 1913 under the Huber Law program, which continues to be the casual name of Wisconsin's work release program presently [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1428&keyword=huber] .

Some work release programs allow greater freedom for the prisoner, allowing prisoners who follow a Monday-Friday work week to attend work and live at their homes on those days, and serve their sentences two days at a time on weekends.


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  • work release — n: release of a prisoner from confinement during the day for the purpose of outside employment work–release adj Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • work-release — [wʉrk′ri lēs΄] adj. designating or of a program in which certain prisoners are permitted to leave a penal institution for a specified time in order to hold jobs, prior to their full release …   English World dictionary

  • work-release — work′ release adj. soc of or designating a program under which prisoners may work outside of prison while serving their sentences • Etymology: 1955–60 …   From formal English to slang

  • work release — noun : a corrections program that releases prisoners daily to work at full time jobs * * * noun [noncount] US : the practice of allowing a prisoner to work outside of the prison during the day a work release program prisoners on work release * *… …   Useful english dictionary

  • work-release — /werrk ri lees /, adj. of or pertaining to a program under which prisoners may work outside of prison while serving their sentences. [1955 60] * * * work release UK US noun [uncountable] american a system by which prisoners work outside prison… …   Useful english dictionary

  • work release program — n. A program that allows an inmate in a correctional institution to go out to work during the day and return to the institution at night. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …   Law dictionary

  • work release — work re.lease n [U] AmE a system in which a prisoner is allowed to work outside a prison …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • work-release — work re,lease noun uncount AMERICAN a system by which prisoners work outside prison during the day and then return to prison at night …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • work release — noun A prisoners release from prison for set hours so he can work …   Wiktionary

  • work-release — /werrk ri lees /, adj. of or pertaining to a program under which prisoners may work outside of prison while serving their sentences. [1955 60] * * * …   Universalium

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