Bill Text: HI HB1487 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Public Safety; Corrections; Cultural Monitor; Audit
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-28 - (H) Referred to PBM/HAW, LMG, FIN, referral sheet 3 [HB1487 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2011-HB1487-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to public safety.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
PART I
SECTION 1. (a) The department of public safety shall establish and maintain a cultural monitor position. The cultural monitor shall be a full-time position exempt from chapters 76 and 89, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
(b) The cultural monitor shall advise the division of corrections on the appropriate enforcement of the right to engage in religious and cultural practices in privately-owned prisons or other out-of-state detention facilities that incarcerate or detain prisoners or detainees pursuant to a contract with the State.
PART II
SECTION 2. The auditor shall conduct an audit of the department of public safety's contracts for prison beds and services outside of Hawaii, focusing on the extent to which the constitutional rights of native Hawaiians incarcerated or detained in privately-owned prisons or other out-of-state detention facilities, particularly regarding religion and culture, are safeguarded.
SECTION 3. The auditor shall report its findings and recommendations to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the 2012 regular session.
PART III
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Public Safety; Corrections; Cultural Monitor; Audit
Description:
Creates a cultural monitor position within the department of public safety. Directs the auditor to audit the department's contracts to imprison inmates in out-of-state prisons to determine the extent to which the constitutional rights of native Hawaiian inmates are being safeguarded.
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