Florida- Palm Beach billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who’s serving 18 months in jail for soliciting an underage girl for prostitution, is allowed to leave the Palm Beach County Stockade six days a week on a work-release program.

Teri Barbera, spokeswoman for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, confirmed that Epstein, 55, has been in the work-release program since Oct. 10.

“He works six days a week: Friday through Wednesday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.,” Barbera said via e-mail. “(He) works at his local West Palm Beach office, monitored on an active GPS system (he wears an ankle bracelet). Mr. Epstein hires a permit deputy, at his expense, for his own security at his workplace during the time he is out.”

Miami attorney Jeffrey Herman represents six young women who’ve sued Epstein claiming he sexually abused them at his Palm Beach home when they were minors.

Herman said he received a notification letter about the work-release program from the U.S. Attorney’s Office within the past few days. But Herman says Epstein had been out on work release for several weeks before the notification.

“My clients expressed shock and disappointment,” Herman said. “I find it incredible that he’s on work release in the community and my clients aren’t notified of this and we get this letter weeks after the fact.”

Jack Goldberger, Epstein’s criminal attorney, said the arrangement is not unusual.

“He goes to work every single day and goes back to jail at night, just like everybody else (in the program),” Goldberger said. “The program has been in place in Palm Beach County as long as I’ve been in town, and it’s available to anyone serving a sentence whether or not it’s a felony. He’s a good guy and he deserves work release.”

Epstein pleaded guilty June 30 to two felony counts: soliciting prostitution and procuring a person under 18 for prostitution. As part of the plea agreement, Epstein must serve one year of house arrest and register as a lifelong sex offender.

Epstein was indicted two years ago after an 11-month investigation by Palm Beach police, who concluded that Epstein paid five underage girls for massages and sexual contact at his 358 El Brillo Way home.

Police began the investigation after receiving a complaint from a relative of a 14-year-old girl who had given Epstein a naked massage.

In addition to the criminal case, there are nine federal and seven state lawsuits pending against the Manhattan money manager. All contain similar allegations: Epstein, through his employees and assistants, brought minor girls to his Palm Beach home for erotic massages and sometimes sex.

As part of his state plea agreement, the U.S. Attorney’s Office agreed not to prosecute Epstein on federal charges as long as he fulfills all requirements of his sentence and probation. The federal deferred-prosecution agreement is under seal in state court.

Miami attorney Brad Edwards represents three alleged victims and has filed court papers to unseal the deferred-prosecution agreement. Edwards said he just received notice by mail of Epstein’s work release, and his clients don’t even know yet.

“It was obviously done again without notifying any of the victims, and it will make my clients very angry,” Edwards said via e-mail.