7-32-2225. County jail work program. (1) A county may operate a county jail work program. The program may be established to allow jail inmates convicted of nonviolent offenses to serve a sentence of imprisonment in the county jail by performing county work without actual physical confinement in the county jail.
(2) A participant in a county jail work program is considered to be in confinement for the purposes of laws relating to confinement in jail, sentencing, and length of imprisonment.
(3) A county jail work program may be established in addition to any county jail labor, rehabilitation, or other program, including the authority of the board of county commissioners to require persons confined to the county jail to perform labor.
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 361, L. 1989.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
7-32-2202. Use of detention center in contiguous county
7-32-2203. Who may be confined in a detention center
7-32-2204. Maintenance of detention center
7-32-2205. Confinement of inmates
7-32-2207. Confinement of persons on civil process
7-32-2208. Actual confinement of inmates required
7-32-2211. Service of papers upon detention center administrator for inmate
7-32-2214. through 7-32-2220 reserved
7-32-2222. Health and safety of inmates
7-32-2224. Payment of medical costs by entities other than inmate
7-32-2225. County jail work program
7-32-2226. Operation of county jail work program
7-32-2227. Inmate eligibility for participation
7-32-2228. through 7-32-2230 reserved
7-32-2231. Purpose to allow private industry involvement
7-32-2232. Detention centers -- contracts with private parties
7-32-2233. Requests for contract proposals
7-32-2234. Powers of detention center administrators
7-32-2235. through 7-32-2240 reserved
7-32-2242. Use of detention center -- payment of costs
7-32-2243. Contracts for detention center services
7-32-2244. Detention of juveniles
7-32-2245. Payment of confinement and medical costs by inmate
7-32-2246. Temporary release from detention center
7-32-2247. Annoyance of inmate prohibited -- penalty
7-32-2248. Inmate endangerment -- penalty
7-32-2249. False claims by detention center administrator
7-32-2250. Liability for escape in civil actions
7-32-2251. through 7-32-2254 reserved