SB2858

SECTION 1. Act 8, First Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2007 (Act 8), enacted the Community Safety Act, which was codified as chapter 353H, Hawaii Revised Statutes. The Community Safety Act established a comprehensive offender reentry system under the purview of the department of public safety. Act 8 also required the department of public safety to submit to the legislature annual reports through 2010 relating to the implementation, progress, and effectiveness of the program components specified in Act 8.

While the department of public safety's annual report lists program activities and statistics, it does not include information on program outcomes. The legislature finds that performance indicators are an effective way to track the progress of the comprehensive reentry system and to reflect any change to the department's approach to rehabilitation and reentry as mandated by Act 8.

The purpose of this Act is to:

(1) Require the department of public safety to establish key performance indicators or measures to be incorporated in reports that evaluate the department's efforts to improve offender reentry and rehabilitation; and

(2) Consolidate into one report other specified reports of the department of public safety.

SECTION 2. Chapter 353, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§353‑ Annual corrections and program report. (a) No later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session, beginning with the regular session of 2019, the department shall submit an annual corrections and program report, among other reports that may be required from time to time, that consolidates into one report the reports required by the following laws:

(1) Act 144, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, section 4, relating to mental health services for committed persons;

(2) Act 213, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, section 105, relating to mental health services at certain correctional facilities;

(3) Act 240, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, section 5, relating to children of incarcerated persons;

(4) Act 193, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010, relating to cognitive restructuring;

(5) Section 353H‑ , relating to key performance indicators; and

(6) Section 367D-8, relating to gender-responsive programs for women;

provided that the repeal or expiration of any individual reporting requirement described in paragraphs (1) through (6) shall not repeal or otherwise affect the department's duty to submit the same report pursuant to this section.

(b) The department shall post the report electronically on the department's website in a timely manner."

SECTION 3. Chapter 353H, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§353H‑ Key performance indicators; reporting. (a) The department shall develop key performance indicators that accurately reflect progress toward specific goals, including:

(1) Reducing the rate of recidivism;

(2) Decreasing prisoner assaults on correctional staff;

(3) Reducing correctional staff turnover; and

(4) Improving departmental efficiencies in staffing, budgeting, and data management and analysis.

(b) The department shall submit a report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session, beginning with the regular session of 2019. Each report shall reference key performance indicators for that period that track rehabilitation and reentry efforts for individuals who are prepared to exit the correctional system.

(1) The total number of intakes, by month, including how many intakes in each month have been in the system within the last year and the last five years;

(2) Offender demographics, including gender, race, age, crime type, and whether the offender was placed in jail or prison;

(3) The number of individuals who have obtained a high school diploma by successfully completing the general educational development test or an equivalent competency-based diploma;

(4) The number of individuals who received vocational training or rehabilitation and the type of vocational training or rehabilitation;

(5) The number of inmates with substance abuse problems, including the type of dependence or addiction, the total number of inmates with substance abuse problems, and the total number of inmates with no reported substance issues;

(6) Drug test failure rates of inmates while incarcerated and while on parole;

(7) The number of individuals who have completed a drug treatment program provided by the department;

(8) The number of individuals who have completed restorative circles;

(9) The cost per inmate per day, per facility;

(10) The median length of stay, excluding inmates who have life or parole sentences;

(11) The total number of inmates released, by month;

(12) The number of individuals for whom a reentry plan is filed and the number of individuals who exit jail or prison with a reentry plan; and

(13) The prison population forecast for the next decade.

(d) The department shall post the reports electronically on the department's website in a timely manner."

SECTION 4. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2858
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018
STATE OF HAWAII