The process of granting work release is analyzed systematically and empirically. Administrative data on a 10% random sample of the incarcerated male North Carolina prisoners in November 1975 provided the basis for a path analysis. High custody grade was found to have a very strong direct path with the granting of work release, and marital status had a weaker path with it. Court recommendation had an indirect path to work release by positively affecting custody grade. Older prisoners and those with less serious crimes were more likely to receive court recommendations for the granting of work release. For short-term prisoners, strong direct paths between court recommendation and both work release status and custody grade were observed. Work release appears typically to be a sanction for successful performance in a long career in a prison system, and to be effected directly by court recommendation for some prisoners at time of sentencing.
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