Pursuant to state law, certain offenders are prohibited from sentence to community corrections programs.

Chapter 211F: Section 3. Sentence to community corrections program; duration; conditions; eligibility.

No offender shall be eligible for sentencing to a community corrections program who is:

  1. Convicted of a crime that results in serious bodily harm or death to another person, excluding offenses in which negligence was the primary element
  2. Convicted of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault
  3. Convicted of a crime involving the use of a firearm