STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1130

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 207

      S.D. 1

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. 207, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure increased knowledge of safety conditions in correctional facilities by requiring the Department of Public Safety (PSD) to report to the Legislature any inmate or correctional facility employee death within 24 hours of the death.

     The Community Alliance on Prisons, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, and a concerned individual supported this bill.  PSD 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 S.B. No. 207, S.D. 1, 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