work-release
Daytime job privilege
Work-release is a correctional program allowing inmates to leave prison during the day for employment, returning at night.
It serves as a transitional step toward full release, letting prisoners maintain jobs, earn money, and rebuild connections to society while still serving their sentences: He spent his last six months on work-release.
Transitional residence for recovery
- furloughGranted absence from work
- paroleConditional early release
- transitionalConnecting two phases
- reentryComing back in
corrections · prerelease · minimum security · reintegration · sentence · incarceration · probation · correctional facility
Confined criminal detainee
- offenderOne who breaks rules
- convictJailed offender after trial
- detaineePerson held in custody
- incarceratedConfined in prison
nonviolent · low-risk · eligible · good behavior · trustworthy · supervised · curfew · check-in
Change from one state
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- societyOrganized communal human existence
- family supportAid from relatives
- housingDwellings or protective covering
financial stability · life skills · independence · responsibility · structure · routine · normalcy · community ties
Matching workers to positions
- employerOne who employs others
- wagesPayment for work
- paycheckCompensation for labor
- vocationalRelated to skilled work
job training · employment verification · hired · supervisor · workplace · labor · income · time card
halfway house
Transitional residence for recovery
- furloughGranted absence from work
- paroleConditional early release
- transitionalConnecting two phases
reentry · corrections · prerelease · minimum security · reintegration · sentence · incarceration · probation · correctional facility · step-down
prisoner
Confined criminal detainee
incarcerated · nonviolent · low-risk · eligible · good behavior · trustworthy · supervised · curfew · check-in · monitoring
transition
Change from one state
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- societyOrganized communal human existence
- family supportAid from relatives
housing · financial stability · life skills · independence · responsibility · structure · routine · normalcy · community ties · self-sufficiency
job placement
Matching workers to positions
vocational · job training · employment verification · hired · supervisor · workplace · labor · income · time card · occupational
work-releasemaximum security
Highest-level prison classification
solitary confinement · lockdown · hard time · supermax · full custody
work-releasefull pardon
Complete legal forgiveness
exoneration · acquittal · life sentence · death row · commutation
work-releasebooking
Advance arrangement secured
sentencing · intake · pardon · expungement · commutation
work, release, works, worked, working, worker, workers, workable, workman