Bill Text: HI HB408 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Public Safety; Corrections; Inmate Transfers
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB408 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HB408-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 487
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2009
RE: H.B. No. 408
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2009
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred H.B. No. 408 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to address concerns regarding the impact that transfers of inmates have on their family ties as well as on their educational, vocational, treatment, and other programs.
This bill clarifies the circumstances under which inmates may be transferred to out-of-state prisons or between correctional facilities in Hawaii and requires that inmates be given 14-day notice prior to transfer. It also prohibits transfers to out-of-state prisons if an inmate is regularly participating in activities involving the inmate's child.
The Hawaii Community Alliance on Prisons, Hawaii Youth Services Network, The Drug Policy Forum, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, and three individuals testified in support of this bill. The City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, Department of the Attorney General, and Department of Public Safety opposed this measure.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 408 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,
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____________________________ FAYE HANOHANO, Chair |
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