STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1656

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.C.R. No. 157

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 157, H.D. 1, entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE CORRECTIONAL JUSTICE TASK FORCE CONTINUE ITS STUDY OF EFFECTIVE INCARCERATION POLICIES TO REDUCE THE DETAINEE AND INMATE POPULATION WHILE PRESERVING PUBLIC SAFETY, LOWER RECIDIVISM, AND IMPROVE HAWAII'S CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request that the Correctional Justice task force continue its study of effective incarceration policies to reduce the detainee and inmate population while preserving public safety, lower recidivism, and improve Hawaii’s correctional system.

The Legislative Reference Bureau, the Hawaii State Judiciary, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Department of Public Safety, the Community Alliance on Prisons, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Hawaii Friends of Restorative Justice, the CHOW Project, and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this measure. The Sex Abuse Treatment Center offered comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 157, H.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair