Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 87 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Public Safety to compare the recidivism rates of inmates transferred to mainland correctional facilities with similarly situated inmates who remain incarcerated in Hawaii.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the measure from the Department of Public Safety.

Your Committee finds that the measure is a valuable mechanism with which to determine the long-term impact, if any, on Hawaii inmates who serve prison sentences out-of-state.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 87 and recommends its adoption.