STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1335

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 173

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 173 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO EXPAND COMMUNITY DRUG TREATMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS AND MOVE LOW-RISK OFFENDERS INTO COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT DIRECTLY ADDRESS THEIR PATHWAYS TO INCARCERATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to decrease the costs of incarceration and the rate of recidivism by encouraging the Department of Public Safety to expand community drug treatment and mental health programs for nonviolent offenders and move low-risk offenders into community programs that directly address their pathways to incarceration.  

 

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Community Alliance on Prisons, Witt Counseling Service, and several concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Public Safety supported the intent of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 173 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

 

 

 

 

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair