Staff and residents work together with the community to raise funds for child abuse prevention and Special Olympics. Residents work for state and municipal organizations providing labor and services free of charge as a community service. Much of the budget allocated to Frederick Work Center is returned directly to the Frederick community when purchasing goods and services and through staff salaries. On center recreational activities are provided for offenders during the evenings and on weekends. Frederick CWC is equipped with a visiting area, television-game room, a gymnasium, and limited outdoor recreation.
Community service is available to qualified organizations.
Frederick CWC operates a speakers bureau program in which residents speak candidly about prison life and the consequences of criminal behavior. Frederick CWC coordinates this program with the juvenile bureau, school systems and other agencies. The center and district cooperate to ensure responsiveness to community concerns. The Department of Corrections is fortunate to have community volunteers who provide needed services to the offenders through a variety of educational and treatment programs. Inmates lacking a high school degree are given an opportunity to attend GED or adult basic education programs, or they learn to read through classes held in the community.