STAND. COM. REP. NO.  407

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1358

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services & Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 1358 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PURPOSE OF THE HAWAII YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to clarify the goals of the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facilities (HYCF).

 

     The Office of Youth Services, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, and Community Alliance on Prisons testified in support of this bill.

 

     Your Committee recognizes that one of the goals of this measure is to clarify the mission of HYCF and to be focused more on rehabilitation, rather than punishment.  Rehabilitation and reentry into the community are important, particularly where the recidivism rate is reportedly as high as 85 percent.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Replacing the term "incarceration" with "custody"; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services & Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1358, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1358, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair