work release
Prisoner's job privilege
Work release is a program allowing prisoners to leave confinement during the day for employment, returning to custody at night.
It typically applies to low-risk inmates nearing the end of their sentences, helping them transition back into society while maintaining some supervision: He spent his last six months on work release at a landscaping company.
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- paroleConditional early release
- parole officerMonitors released prisoners
- halfway housesSupervised post-incarceration residences
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Highest-level prison classification
solitary confinement · lockdown · supermax · full custody · hard time
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