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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA southern Indiana county plans to end its inmate work release program by the end of the year.
The News and Tribune of Jeffersonville reported the inmate diversion program will end after a contract between Clark County and the Indiana Department of Corrections to house the inmates in the program expires.
The county’s chief probation officer, Jamey Hayden, said the program once was more widely used, but it has dwindled as judges seek other options in court cases. Those alternatives include allowing inmates to be released ahead of trial and home confinement.
Hayden said work release was intended to keep low-risk offenders in a job, but it can run into trouble if participants violate conditions of their release.
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