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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) — Eligible Caddo Correctional inmates once again can leave the lockup five days a week to go to work at a job off site. The Caddo Sheriff’s Office resurrected its work-release ...

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 ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- This week, the work release program at the Caddo Correctional Center added a few more participants. There are 10 inmates coming and going daily to be able to put in hours at a ...

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, ...