concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: work-release programs

prison programs
type: Concept
narrower: work-release programs

work-release programs
type: Concept
broader: prison programs
definition: Work-release programs permit inmates to work for pay in the community during the last few months of their confinement. Wisconsin, Vermont, and several other states began to implement work-release programs on a local level in the early 1900s. [Source: Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities; Work-Release Programs]