(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.