Criteria for Participation Selection criteria for the Community Work Program requires minimum custody inmates who are physically and mentally capable of performing the work required for the project. Program Operation Governmental agencies requesting work under the Community Work Program will contact the superintendent of a minimum security prison in their area or contact the Division of Prisons Program Services Section in Raleigh. The superintendent designates a staff person to meet with the requesting agencies to evaluate the work request. The superintendent approves all work requests. Work performed should be within a 35 mile radius of the prison.
Work is typically manual labor.
Special tools needed to perform the task are provided by the requesting agency. No machinery is used by inmates unless documented training on the device is made part of the record. Work crews with a ratio of one unarmed correctional officer to 14 inmates are deployed. Safe work practices are strictly enforced by the supervising correctional officer. The community work Program is available at 33 minimum security prisons designated by the Director of Prisons.