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work-release definition

work·-release (-ri lēs′)

adjective

designating or of a program in which certain prisoners are permitted to leave a penal institution for a specified time in order to hold jobs, prior to their full release

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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