(A) There is hereby established, and the County Sheriff is hereby authorized to operate and administer, a Howard County Sheriff’s Work Program.
(B) The County Sheriff’s Work Program shall be described and constituted as follows:
(1) To be eligible to participate in the Work Program, a person must meet all of the following qualifications:
(a) He or she must have been committed to the Howard County Criminal Justice Center upon conviction of a crime or adjudication of contempt;
(b) He or she must not have been restricted from participation in such program by the sentencing court and must not have been convicted of a sex offense under I.C. 35-42-4 or 35-46-3;
(c) He or she must volunteer for the Work Program; and
(d) He or she must be approved by the County Sheriff to participate in the Work Program.
(2) Eligible prisoners shall not be released from custody to participate in the Work Program, but shall at all times remain in the custody of a County Sheriff’s deputy or deputies assigned to supervise such Work Program.
(3) Eligible prisoners participating in the Work Program shall be paid from Work Program revenues the sum of $1 for each day or part of a day during which they participate in the Work Program.
(4) Eligible prisoners shall not be required to perform any hazardous, demeaning or unreasonably strenuous work.
(5) To cover the expenses of the Work Program, the County Sheriff is hereby authorized to charge those for whom services are performed the sum of $45 per hour per crew of prisoners. All sums collected by the County Sheriff under this provision shall be deposited in and disbursed from the fund established in § 33.29.
(BCC Ord. 1997-44, passed 10-6-97; Am. Ord. BCC-2008-27, passed 8-18-08)