Montana Title 7. Local Government § 7-32-2227. Inmate eligibility for participation

(1) has been sentenced to the county jail for an offense and is not confined in the county jail upon process in a civil action or prior to examination or trial;

(2) is not serving a sentence for homicide, robbery, sexual intercourse without consent, arson, burglary, kidnapping, escape, assault, partner or family member assault, incest, or any other offense in which violence is an element of the crime or for an offense during the course of which bodily injury occurred;

(3) was not prohibited from participating in the county work program by the sentencing judge, magistrate, or justice of the peace or by the judge's, magistrate's, or justice's successor; and

(4) has applied to participate to the county sheriff and the sheriff, pursuant to written policy, has approved the participation.