STAND. COM. REP. NO. 714-10
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2010
RE: S.B. No. 2533
S.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2010
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred S.B. No. 2533, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AN AUDIT OF CONTRACTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WITH THE CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA AND THE FEDERAL DETENTION CENTER,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to request a financial and management audit of the Department of Public Safety's (DPS) contracts with Corrections Corporation of America and the federal detention center in Honolulu:
(1) Compare the quality of programming, costs, and economic benefit to the state of housing inmates in mainland facilities with housing them in Hawaii;
(2) Address the closure of Kulani correctional facility as part of the comparison; and
(3) Make a recommendation on whether to continue housing inmates on the mainland and in the federal detention center in view of the requirements of the Community Safety Act of 2007.
Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME, Local 152, AFL-CIO; United Public Workers, Local 646; American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii; Community Alliance on Prisons; Hepatitis Network of Hawaii Prisoner Reintegration Program; Ohana Ho'opakele; The Drug Policy Action Group; The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii; and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. DPS 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. 2533, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Legislative Management.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,
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____________________________ FAYE HANOHANO, Chair |
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