Usually means: Program allowing inmates to work.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word work release:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. work release: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. work release: Merriam-Webster
  3. work release: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. work release: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Work-release, work-release: Wordnik
  6. work-release, work release: Wiktionary
  7. work-release: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. work-release: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. work-release: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. work-release, work release: Dictionary.com
  11. Work release: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. work-release, work release: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. work release: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. work release: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (work release)

▸ noun:  A program permitting a prisoner a leave of absence from prison to undertake normal employment.

Similar:
release warrant, day release, parole, releasee, gate money, writ of privilege, prison labor, workfare, ticket of leave, job and finish, more...

Types:
furlough, community service, house arrest, more...

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Similar:
release warrant, day release, parole, releasee, gate money, writ of privilege, prison labor, workfare, ticket of leave, job and finish, more...

Types:
furlough, community service, house arrest, more...



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