Answer: Work release programs are designed to improve recidivism rates among inmates. In other words, it helps to make sure inmates don't go back to jail when they get out and become law abiding productive citizens.
Officials would most likely consider factors like, the crime the inmate has committed, their behavior while in jail/prison, and the inmate's willingness to be responsible.
Actual malice is the legal requirement imposed on specific defamation plaintiffs when filing a lawsuit for libel or slander, and will be found where a defendant publishes or communicates a false statement with knowledge of its falsity or reckless disregard for its veracity.
