Bill Text: HI SB1357 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Public Safety; Return of Mainland Inmates
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-03-23 - (H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Belatti, Chang, Tokioka excused (3). [SB1357 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2011-SB1357-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that out of frustration from community opposition to construction of new prison facilities in Hawaii, the State began exporting some of its inmates to mainland facilities about fifteen years ago because of overcrowded conditions. However, the legislature concurs with Governor Abercrombie's recent comments (Honolulu Star Advertiser article, December 20, 2010) that sending prisoners to the mainland "costs money. It costs communities. It destroys families. It is dysfunctional all the way around — socially, economically, politically and morally."
Mainland inmates from Hawaii should be back in Hawaii preparing to successfully re-enter their communities. More intervention and rehabilitation programs are necessary, as well as more prison space, to successfully bring back the State's inmates.
The purpose of this Act is to require the department of public safety to develop a master plan to return Hawaii inmates from mainland correctional facilities, including increasing prison space and intervention and rehabilitation programs in Hawaii.
SECTION 2. The department of public safety, no later than January 1, 2012, shall develop a master plan, including a time table for implementation of the plan, based on the corrections principles of inmate classification, facilities planning, and rehabilitation programs. The master plan shall have as its objectives:
(1) Returning Hawaii inmates housed in mainland correctional facilities;
(2) Increasing the inmate capacity of state correctional facilities, primarily the Oahu community correctional center, Kulani correctional facility, and Waiawa correctional facility; and
(3) Providing interventional, educational, and rehabilitative services to returned inmates.
SECTION 3. For purposes of section 2 of this Act, the department of public safety shall consult with appropriate stakeholders, including community-based service organizations, rehabilitative or counseling service entities, parties interested in a public-private partnership to provide funding for capital improvements, county departments and agencies, and other state departments and agencies.
SECTION 4. The department of public safety shall submit the master plan developed pursuant to this Act to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2012.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Public Safety; Return of Mainland Inmates
Description:
Directs the department of public safety to develop a master plan for the return of Hawaii inmates housed in mainland prisons. Report to 2012 legislature. (SD1)
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