STAND. COM. REP. NO.  859

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 920

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 920, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to help inmates achieve a successful transition when they reenter the community by appropriating funds to establish a cognitive restructuring and transition pilot program in the County of Hawaii at Kulani Correctional Facility, Hawaii Community Correctional Center, and Hale Nani Reintegration Center.

     The County of Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Public Safety supported the intent of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 920, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair