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The Thurston County Corrections Facility Community Betterment Outside Worker Program is offered to selected minimum security inmates who meet the established criteria for working in the community on various public entity or non-profit organization projects. Eligible participants are supervised by Corrections staff or other county department or non-profit entity staff who receive specialized training, background clearance and must be first aid and CPR certified prior to supervising offenders.  The Community Betterment Program provides annually over 50,000 hours of inmate labor services to Fairgrounds, Lakefair, Public Works, Litter Detail, School Districts, Noxious Weeds, Facilities, and many other Departments and non-profit entities.

The Thurston County Sheriff's Office "Day Jail" work crew program is a program of partial confinement whereby the courts have the option of sentencing selected offenders to community service programs that are coordinated and supervised by Thurston County Corrections Facility staff in concert with various Thurston County Governmental entities.  This program allows participants to serve all of part of their sentence in a structured Corrections Programs while remaining accountable for their offense(s) by performing specific supervised community service labor functions during the daylight hours but allowing them to return home at night. Participants are required to complete a contract and application form as well as program rules and conditions of supervision that must be adhered to for the duration of the program.  A $10.00 administrative fee is charged to the participant for this process.

The Day Reporting Program is a court ordered program where the participants live at their assigned residence and report in with Correctional Options staff as directed with respect to their schedule and requests of the court.  Participants are monitored for compliance with program rules and court ordered conditions of supervision.  Participants are required to pay a $5.00 per day fee.  This fee includes the cost for weekly and random urinalysis.

Electronic Home Monitoring (EHM) is a court ordered minimum security home incarceration program.  EHM is unique in that the inmate is monitored at their residence via their telephone.  This program monitors the offender through an electronic transmitter attached to the telephone and a radio frequency device worn on the participants ankle.  This program is operated via a collaborative relationship and contract with the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) who provide the equipment and monitoring services through the Sentinel Corporation out of Southern California.  EHM helps reduce facility crowding and allows the participant freedom of movement during specified periods to attend work, school, treatment, etc.  participants in the Thurston County Corrections Facility EHM Program are required to pay a $18.00 per day fee to participate in this program.  This fee includes the cost for weekly and random urinalysis.

Work Release is a court ordered program of partial confinement designed to re-introduce inmates into society and allow them to become a positive member of the community by regaining employment and attending treatment or school programs as directed by the court.  Work Release also helps to reduce overcrowding in the Correctional Facility.  Participants in the Thurston County Corrections Facility, Work Release Program, are required to reside in the Correctional Option Annex and pay a $15.00 per day fee to participate in this program.  This fee includes the cost for weekly and random urinalysis.  Participants are closely monitored for compliance with court ordered conditions of supervision.