STAND. COM. REP. NO.  580

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 231

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 H.B. No. 231 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure proper oversight of corrections safety by requiring the Department of Public Safety to report any inmate or correctional facility employee death within 24 hours of the occurrence to the Legislature.

     The Community Alliance on Prisons, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, Drug Policy Forum, Hepatitis Support Network, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Department of Public Safety opposed this measure.

     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 H.B. No. 231 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