How to Use work release in a Sentence

work release

noun
  • Maxwell has not been cleared for work release.
    — Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Court records show he was granted work release.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
  • While on work release, he was required to wear an ankle bracelet to monitor his whereabouts.
    — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 28 Nov. 2018
  • Gaff was charged with assault and burglary and sentenced to five years of probation and one year of work release.
    — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 15 May 2026
  • Cooper avoided prison and was sentenced to 14 months in jail with work release and probation.
    — Mead Gruver, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
  • She will be permitted to participate in work release.
    — Ingrid Harbo, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Glenn said the board has denied parole to 74 people this month on minimum custody work release.
    — Alabama Reflector, al, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Johnson, 25, of Andover, received two days of custody credit, and can serve the time on work release.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 6 Mar. 2026
  • During his incarceration, he was given work release, which enabled him to leave the jail all day, almost every day.
    — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Ascher will be allowed work release privileges after the first eight months in jail, according to online court records.
    — Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • At the time of the murders, Black had been on work release for serving time for shooting and wounding Bennie Clay.
    — Kelly Puente, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • Diggins said work release was not operating near its full capacity when it was disbanded.
    — Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 13 June 2024
  • The jail time is concurrent and work release is authorized, according to prosecutors.
    — Sara Schilling, Sacramento Bee, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The judge’s order does not permit work release while in jail and requires Lietzau to complete a drug treatment program afterward.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 12 Jan. 2024
  • He was let out of prison in 2017 on a work release, while Reggiani refused a work release, according to the Times.
    — Sean Neumann, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Lawmakers have also been probing why Epstein was initially given a light sentence that allowed for work release.
    — Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Then, in 2015, Bertram grabbed Ritchie's genitals while shaking his hand during a work release meeting.
    — Tony Cook, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
  • The judge also authorized work release for Speer during his incarceration.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Last month in Alabama, a Hyundai supplier ended its work release program following intense pressure to do so.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Epstein had ended up serving only thirteen months, including time in the Palm Beach County jail, work release, and house arrest.
    — Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
  • An inmate who escaped from work release in north Alabama was later found hiding in a cornfield, authorities said Tuesday.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 13 June 2023
  • Epstein was also allowed liberal work release, which permitted him to spend up to 16 hours a day at his office in West Palm Beach.
    — James Hill, ABC News, 1 July 2024
  • Despite promising federal prosecutors that Epstein would be held behind bars for the length of his jail term, Epstein was given work release, files show.
    — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Haro was ordered to serve 180 days in a work release program, which is essentially community service, and probation.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Drew was crossing Folsom Boulevard on his skateboard when he was fatally struck; the driver received eight months in jail with an option for work release, plus a year of probation.
    — Renée C. Byer, Sacbee.com, 7 Dec. 2025
  • At the time of the murders, Black had actually been on work release from jail time for shooting Bennie Clay in the shoulder during an altercation.
    — Kelly Puente, The Tennessean, 24 June 2021
  • An inmate vanished after walking away from a work release program, the Georgia Department of Corrections said.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Brown’s reporting exposed a controversial 2008 plea deal that allowed Epstein to serve just 13 months with work release six days a week.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Sarah Petersen, of Kellogg, was sentenced in March to 90 days in jail under work release for lying to investigators.
    — John Molseed, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Under the non-prosecution agreement, Epstein pleaded guilty to lesser state charges and served 13 months in jail – spending most of that time on work release – and paid settlements to victims.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2024

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