Concept information
Preferred term
work-release 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]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/work-release_programs
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