Report Title:
Interstate Corrections Compact
Description:
Requires the mainland branch of the department of public safety's corrections division to collect quarterly reports on the condition of Hawaii resident inmates housed in mainland prisons under the Interstate Corrections Compact. (SD1)
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007 |
S.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to corrections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Approximately twelve Hawaii residents are housed in various prisons in the continental United States under the Interstate Corrections Compact. The current monitoring of conditions at these prisons or of the health and safety of the Hawaii inmates held in those prisons has proven to be insufficient. The purpose of this Act is to require the mainland branch of the corrections division of the department of public safety to improve its monitoring and reporting on the conditions of Hawaii residents held in mainland prisons under the Interstate Corrections Compact by collecting standard quarterly reports from each of these facilities on each Hawaii resident inmate it houses.
SECTION 2. Section 355D-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§355D-5[]] Contracts[.]
and reporting. (a) The director of public safety may enter
into such contracts on behalf of the State as may be appropriate to implement
the participation of the State in the Interstate Corrections Compact pursuant
to article III thereof. No such contract shall be of any force or effect until
approved by the governor and comptroller.
(b) The mainland branch of the corrections division of the department of public safety shall submit standardized, quarterly reports on each Hawaii resident inmate incarcerated in facilities pursuant to the Interstate Corrections Compact containing the following information:
(1) Status of the incarcerated person's health;
(2) Any behavioral or disciplinary issues;
(3) Progress in rehabilitative programs; and
(4) Any complaints filed by the incarcerated person and how such complaints have been resolved.
The reports shall be due on October 5, 2007, and on the 5th of each December, April, July, and October thereafter. The reports shall cover the three months immediately prior to that date. The reports shall comply with and be available for public inspection pursuant to chapter 92F, provided that the information in these reports is to be minimally redacted to exclude the incarcerated persons name and other sensitive and protected information."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon approval.