REPORT TITLE:
Day reporting centers.


DESCRIPTION:
Addresses the prison overcrowding issue by creating day reporting
centers where certain probationers and parolees who violate the
terms of their sentence will be diverted to.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1                              PART I
 
 2      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that there is a need for
 
 3 intermediate sanctions for technical violators of probation and
 
 4 parole.  The legislature further finds that intermediate
 
 5 sanctions use less of the State's scarce corrections resources,
 
 6 and strengthens the severity of prisons in punishing and
 
 7 incapacitating violent offenders, when necessary.
 
 8      The legislature further finds that carefully administered
 
 9 alternatives to incarceration do not undermine public safety.
 
10 Intensive supervision of appropriate probationers was proven
 
11 effective by a pilot project in the first circuit court several
 
12 years ago.  The targeted population for this particular
 
13 intermediate sanction shall be selected defendants and probation
 
14 violators meeting the criteria established in chapters 353 and
 
15 706, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  In addition, persons convicted of
 
16 parts 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of chapter 708, Hawaii Revised
 
17 Statutes, may serve their sentence under this Act.  This program
 
18 shall provide for the establishment of day reporting centers
 
19 throughout the state.  At these centers, selected defendants,
 
20 probation violators, and parole violators shall be matched to
 

 
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 1 services which address their risk to commit further offenses.
 
 2      SECTION 2.  The judiciary may establish an appropriate
 
 3 number of day reporting centers throughout the state, with
 
 4 services at the center or centers to be provided by public,
 
 5 private, or a combination of public and private providers.  The
 
 6 center shall arrange or provide employment assistance, remedial
 
 7 education, counseling, cognitive restructuring, basic skills,
 
 8 case management, and substance abuse treatment referrals for
 
 9 selected defendants and probationers meeting the criteria
 
10 established in chapter 706, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Whenever
 
11 feasible, this day reporting center should be located close to,
 
12 if not with, a parole day reporting center.
 
13      SECTION 3.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
14 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $1 or so much thereof
 
15 as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000-2001 to fund the
 
16 provision of day reporting services as described in section 2.
 
17       The sum appropriated shall be expended by the judiciary for
 
18 the purposes of this Act.
 
19                              PART II
 
20      SECTION 4.  Similar to the adult probation administration's
 
21 situation with technical probation violators, the Hawaii paroling
 
22 authority is limited in corrections options by the lack of
 

 
 
 
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 1 alternatives for a parolee who is determined to have committed a
 
 2 technical violation of the conditions of the parolee's parole.
 
 3 The legislature finds that part of this technical parole violator
 
 4 population could also be served by a network of day reporting
 
 5 centers.  The targeted population for this particular
 
 6 intermediate sanction shall be selected parole violators meeting
 
 7 the criteria established in chapter 353, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
 
 8 At these centers, selected parole violators and other parolees
 
 9 shall receive a full range of services, as deemed appropriate.
 
10      SECTION 5.  The Hawaii paroling authority may establish an
 
11 appropriate number of day reporting centers throughout the state,
 
12 with services at the center or centers provided by public,
 
13 private, or a combination of public and private providers to
 
14 arrange employment assistance, remedial education, counseling,
 
15 cognitive restructuring, basic skills, case management, and
 
16 substance abuse treatment referrals for selected parolees meeting
 
17 the criteria established in chapter 353, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
 
18 Whenever feasible, a parole day reporting center should be
 
19 located close to, if not with, a probation day reporting center.
 
20      SECTION 6.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
21 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $1 or so much thereof
 
22 as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000-2001 to fund the
 
23 provision of day reporting services as described in section 5.
 

 
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 1      The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of
 
 2 public safety for the purposes of this Act.
 
 3      SECTION 7.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2000.
 
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 5                       INTRODUCED BY:  ___________________________