STAND. COM. REP. NO. 78-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2380
                                     




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to
which was referred H.B. No. 2380 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow an inmate to receive
"earned time" credit to reduce the length of his or her prison
sentence.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Community Alliance on Prisons, Ka Lahui political action
committee, the Christian Ministry Church, and three concerned
citizens.  The Department of Public Safety testified in support
of the intent of this measure.  The Hawaii Paroling Authority and
the office of the Prosecutor of the City and County of Honolulu
submitted testimony in opposition to this measure.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will serve as a
useful incentive to motivate offenders to make consistent
progress in participating in activities to prepare them for
reintegration into free society.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached
to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 2380 and recommends that it pass Second
Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and
Hawaiian Affairs.

 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Public Safety and
                                   Military Affairs,



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                                   NESTOR R. GARCIA, Chair