Ala. Code § 45-58-233.01: Release of Eligible Persons at Discretion of Sentencing Court.

Any eligible person who has been committed to the county jail or to any city jail in Shelby County under a criminal sentence or for violation of a previous court order, for failure to pay child support, for civil or criminal contempt of court, for issuing worthless checks, or for any other criminal or civil offense, may be released at the discretion of the sentencing court to the custody of the Shelby County Work Release Commission, either on the motion of the court or upon motion of the defendant, at the time of sentence, for the purpose of obtaining and working at gainful employment to enable the paying of fines, court costs, child support payments, family support payments, or any other court-ordered sums, or for any other purposes the court may deem conducive to rehabilitation or otherwise appropriate, for such time or intervals of time and under the terms and conditions as the court may order. Any part of a day spent outside of jail under the release order shall be counted as a full day toward the serving of the sentence unless otherwise provided by the court. If a person violates the terms and conditions laid down or established for his or her conduct, custody, and employment, he or she shall be returned to the sentencing court. The court may then require that the balance of the sentence be spent in actual confinement and may cancel any earned reduction of his or her term.