STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1131

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 210

      S.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred S.B. No. 210, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support the preservation of important family connections that are positive influences and ensure consistent treatment programs for inmate rehabilitation by specifying criteria that must be considered in deciding whether to transfer inmates between correctional facilities located in Hawaii and correctional facilities located outside of Hawaii.

     The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Community Alliance on Prisons supported this measure with amendments.  The Department of Public Safety and Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney opposed this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 210, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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FAYE HANOHANO, Chair