STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1914

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.C.R. No. 312

       H.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 312, H.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON THE FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS OF TRANSPORTING, HOUSING, AND ANY OTHER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION OF SENDING HAWAII INMATES TO OUT-OF-STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to examine the financial costs of sending Hawaii offenders for incarceration in prisons on the mainland due to the overcrowding in Hawaii correctional facilities.

     Specifically, this measure requests a report from the Department of Public Safety on the financial costs of sending Hawaii inmates to out-of-state correctional facilities.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Department of Public Safety, Community Alliance on Prisons, and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that it is important to have an accurate and transparent accounting of the costs associated with imprisoning offenders on the mainland.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 312, H.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

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WILL ESPERO, Chair