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County sheriffs in Utah gain explicit authority under this bill to create "sheriff's work programs," which allow eligible prisoners to perform supervised public works projects instead of serving time in jail, with eight hours of work counting as one day off their sentence. To qualify, a prisoner must have been convicted of a non-violent offense, sentenced to 30 days or fewer, voluntarily agree to participate, and not be a repeat DUI offender, with sheriffs also given broader discretion to place people in existing alternative incarceration programs whenever the jail is at capacity or a court orders it. The bill also extends good-behavior sentence credits to people participating in these alternative programs, not just those held in jail.