STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1241-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 15
                                     




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.C.R. No. 15 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF
     PUBLIC SAFETY TO PROVIDE GENDER SPECIFIC AND COMMUNITY BASED
     SERVICES FOR WOMEN OFFENDERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to provide
support for gender equity in correctional programs, to encourage
the Department of Public Safety to develop and implement gender
specific and community based programs for women offenders, and
report to the Legislature, before the convening of the Regular
Session of 2001, what is needed to implement programs that
achieve gender equity.

     Numerous testimonies were recieved in support of this
concurrent resolution, including testimonies from the Department
of Human Services Office of Youth Services, the Department of
Public Safety and the Commission on the Status of Women.

     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 concurs with the intent and
purpose of H.C.R. No. 15, and recommends that it be referred to
the Committee on Finance.


 
 
 
 
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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