STAND. COM. REP. NO.343

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 71

H.D. 2

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 71, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide parity for female prisoners and offenders in programming offered to similarly situated males.

The Department of Public Safety, Office of Youth Services, Community Alliance on Prisons, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, Out of Prison Services, and concerned citizens submitted testimony in support of this measure.

Your Committee finds that correctional programs and services for men offer a wider range of services and activities than women's programs. Further, women have unique issues that need to be addressed such as abuse, pregnancy, and single motherhood. The programs required in this bill are intended to be gender-responsive in aiding rehabilitation and resocialization.

Your Committee has amended this bill by providing model gender-responsive programs within the resources provided.

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 71, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 71, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services and Housing,

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MICHAEL P. KAHIKINA, Chair