STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1529

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.C.R. No. 199

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Public Safety and Legislative Management, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 199 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A PRIVATE PRISON PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF SAGUARO CORRECTIONAL CENTER,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to ensure that Hawaii prisoners serving their sentences in the Corrections Corporation of America facilities in Arizona are receiving the appropriate services by requesting that the Auditor conduct a performance audit of the Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona.

     The Community Alliance on Prisons, Drug Policy Action Group of Hawaii, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, Na Koa Ikaika, Hawaii Government Employees Association, and several concerned individuals supported this concurrent resolution.  The Department of Public Safety opposed this measure.  Several concerned individual submitted comments.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety and Legislative Management that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 199 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety and Legislative Management,

____________________________ JAMES KUNANE TOKIOKA, Chair

____________________________ FAYE HANOHANO, Chair