STAND. COM. REP. NO. 224-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1847
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Public Safety and Military Affairs and
Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 1847
entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide for female parity in
corrections.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this
measure from the Department of Public Safety, the Hawaii State
Commission on the Status of Women, the Sex Abuse Treatment
Center, Dr. Meda Chesney-Lind, Malama Family Recovery Center,
Government Efficiency Teams, T.J. Mahoney and Associates, the
Community Alliance on Prisons, Out of Prison Services, Honolulu
Information Service, and several concerned citizens.  Your
Committees received testimony in support of the intent of this
measure from the Hawaii Paroling Authority and the Office of
Youth Services.

     Your Committees find that this measure will serve to improve
and expand the range of services and treatment offered to female
offenders.  Your Committees also recognize that female offenders
have unique needs and therefore the services offered to males are
not always appropriate for females.  These female offenders, who
often have much different backgrounds, family situations,  and
offense patterns than male offenders, should receive more
effective treatment.

 
 
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     Your Committees have amended this measure to:

     (1)  Specify that treatment for females is not only
          equivalent to treatment for males, but also appropriate
          to address the wide range of issues facing the female
          offenders.

     (2)  Specify that a comprehensive continuum of care be
          provided to female offenders.

     (3)  Rename the Task Force, now to be known as an Advisory
          Council.

     (4)  Include the Executive Director of the Office of Youth
          Services on the Advisory Council.

     (5)  Direct the Council to recommend programming needs to
          the Director of the Department of Public Safety.

     (6)  Direct the Director to monitor the expenditures of
          planning grants authorized by the Council.

     (7)  Apply the measure to all female offenders, juvenile and
          adult.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Public Safety and Military Affairs and Human
Services and Housing that are attached to this report, your
Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1847, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1847, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Public Safety
                                   and Military Affairs and Human
                                   Services and Housing,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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DENNIS ARAKAKI, Chair              NESTOR GARCIA, Chair