Ala. Code § 45-31-231.22: Paid Employment of Inmates; Regulations and Policies.

(a) Inmates may participate in paid employment at the discretion of the board, but shall obtain approval of the court in writing or by court order prior to engaging in the employment.

(b) The board shall adopt written regulations and policies permitting the sheriff to extend the limits of the place of confinement of an inmate, if there is reasonable cause to believe his or her suitability, by authorizing him or her under prescribed conditions to leave the confines of the county jail unaccompanied by a custodial agent for a prescribed period of time to work at paid employment while continuing as an inmate in the jail in which he or she shall be confined except during the hours of his or her employment and transportation to and from the place of employment.