Office: (850) 747-5181

Hours M-F 8:00AM - 12:00PM, 1:00PM - 4:30PM

Located on the first floor of the courthouse, near the County Courtroom. Sign in on computer to be seen.

The Bay County Work Program was established in 1988 as a means to ease the overcrowding in the county jail. Individuals who might otherwise be incarcerated were instead sentenced to perform work hours for the benefit of the County. Over the years the program has been expanded to include individuals who are financially unable to pay court costs and/or fines, including civil fines.

The individuals performing hours through this program provide a valuable service to the County and its municipalities by cleaning trash and debris from the parks, recreational areas, beaches, and road rights-of-way; maintaining landscaped areas and cemeteries; and assisting in the maintenance of the County s ballparks and the H.G. Harders Sports Complex. The program further serves the County in that by permitting individuals to perform work hours in lieu of incarceration, the County saves on jail expenses.

The individuals themselves benefit from this program in that they are permitted to remain productive members of society and to maintain employment and support their families, which they would be unable to do if serving jail sentences.