The work-release program was moved in 2010 to a former youth home building on the west side of County Farm Road because of crowding in the jail. But Mendrick said the situation was never ideal.

OLYMPIA -- Washington's prison system plans to double the state's work-release program over the next decade to more than 1,200 convicts and will try to spread the expansion equitably around the ...

ALBANY, N.Y. - They face parole hearings soon, but ex-Tyco executives Dennis Kozlowski and Mark Swartz have already left a minimum-security prison in Harlem for clerical jobs and overnights in ...

After being shutdown by the pandemic, the work-release program at the Daviess County jail is opening a second pod. "Once the federal government ended the COVID restrictions, ...

Participants in the work-release program get to keep 35% of what they earn on the job. The jail takes 64% or $451.50, whichever is less, to pay their bills (housing, water, food, transportation ...

But the work release program stands out. Inmates who have less than 3,000 days remaining on their sentence can qualify to get a job. “They sleep at the facility, shower, programs, and then they ...

Work release programs have been phased out at New Hampshire's county jails, the result of a shift in the criminal justice system that has reduced the number of eligible prisoners.As incarceration ...

ODOC's Work Release Program helps formerly incarcerated people reenter society. By partnering with employers and offering rehabilitation services, ...

The Denver Sheriff Department and several other Colorado jails have discontinued work-release programs that were suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic as they deal with short staffing.