Hamilton Work Release Center opened on July 29, 1976, using the State Highway Department’s Road Camp facilities, with a capacity for 55 inmates. In 1981, the work release inmates relocated and combined with the aged and/or infirmed inmates relocating from Kilby to form the Hamilton Aged and Infirmed Center. In 1985, the work release element relocated back into the previous facilities and has gradually expanded to the current capacity with the addition of modular dormitories.

The Center has a diverse and lucrative job market with inmates employed in the mobile home industry, furniture industry, storm window/door industry, as well as common labor jobs such as saw mills.