Work release at Forsyth Correctional Center: community work squads and DOT road crews
If your loved one is at Forsyth Correctional Center, understanding what
Forsyth Correctional Center is a minimum security prison for adult males in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Offenders here are assigned to work release jobs, which often include community work squads.
Some work release assignments also involve Department of Transportation (DOT) road squads.
"Community work squads" is one of the work release job types at Forsyth. If your loved one gets this assignment, they'll be working on projects that serve the local community.
Forsyth also assigns some offenders to Department of Transportation (DOT) road squads. If your loved one mentions a "DOT squad" or "road squad," that's what they're referring to.
Verify with Facility
- ✓ Whether your loved one is currently eligible for work release (and what could make them ineligible)
- ✓ How work release assignments are chosen and who makes the decision
- ✓ What the expected schedule looks like (start time, end time, days per week)
- ✓ How transportation works to and from the job site
- ✓ What supervision looks like while on a community work squad or DOT road squad
- ✓ Whether there are medical, safety, or physical requirements for specific assignments
- ✓ How long an assignment typically lasts and how often assignments change
- ✓ Whether the assignment affects other programming (classes, treatment, or other required activities)
- ✓ How pay works (if any), and whether there are fees, deductions, or obligations tied to earnings
- ✓ Who you should contact at the facility for work-release questions (case manager, counselor, or coordinator)
Note: Work-release details can affect your planning - everything from phone time to family schedules. Confirming the basics up front also helps avoid confusion if eligibility or assignments change.
- Ask what assignment they’re on right now - Community work squad, DOT road squad, or something else.
- Confirm the schedule - What days they work, typical start/end times, and whether it changes week to week.
- Find out how assignments are decided - What factors are considered and whether the person can request or refuse an assignment.
- Ask about transportation and supervision - Who transports them, how they’re supervised, and what happens if there’s bad weather or a cancellation.
- Clarify pay and deductions - Whether there’s pay, how it’s issued, and what deductions or obligations come out first.
- Check eligibility and restrictions - What rules determine who can participate and what could remove someone from work release.
- Get the right point of contact - The name/title of the staff member who handles work-release questions so you’re not bounced between offices.
Before tracking down work-release details, confirm your loved one's current status through the North Carolina offender search. Once you verify they're housed at Forsyth and active in the system, you can contact the facility to ask about their specific assignment - whether that's a community work squad or a DOT road squad.
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