A qualifying inmate sentenced to a period of confinement at the corrections facility may, at the discretion of corrections staff and subject to applicable policies and procedures, serve all or a portion of his or her ordered confinement on a work release program. Inmates participating in the work release program may, pursuant to applicable policies or procedures, spend a portion of a twenty-four (24) hour period unsupervised and away from the corrections facility while performing work for the inmate’s employer or an agency or party for which the inmate is performing community service. The inmate shall spend the nonworking hours at the corrections facility.