To be able to get into Edinburgh, offenders must have a clean disciplinary record and have less than four years left in their sentence.

Then, on June 18, 2012 an inmate serving a 10-year sentence for arson escaped during work duty and was caught the same day.

In 1982, the Indiana Department of Correction wanted to open a work release center for men.

In May 1988, the increase in female offenders in the state forced the Department of Correction to find additional space for women.

Two years later, the change of inmates was reversed; the women went to Rockville[3] and 112 men came back to Camp Atterbury.

Edinburgh is a Level 1 minimum-security prison, which means the offenders work outside of the fence during the day.

Originally, Edinburgh inmates did their work release duties only on the grounds of Camp Atterbury.

The inmates are responsible for maintaining the grounds of the entire military base, which encompasses 3,600 acres (1,457 ha).

Some crews work for Johnson County helping to maintain parks or other county-owned places.