(1) Any inmate may apply for a furlough: Provided, That
- (a) He or she has minimum custody classification,
- (b) His or her minimum term has been fixed by the board of prison terms and paroles,
- (c) If he or she has a detainer pending, approval of the detaining agency must be secured. Other jurisdictions with detainers against a Washington state inmate may provide approval on a class of applicants; for example, all those otherwise approved by this state, in lieu of action on individual applications.
- (2) Persons convicted of rape in the first degree shall not be eligible to participate in the furlough program at any time during the first three years of confinement.
- (3) Persons convicted after July 1, 1981, of murder in the first degree, may not be granted furloughs.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 72.66.080. WSR 82-07-006 (Order 82-04), § 137-60-040, filed 3/4/82. Formerly WAC 275-93-040.]