STAND. COM. REP. NO. 892

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 26

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 26 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND ITS STRUCTURED COMMUNITY PLACEMENT PROGRAMS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to encourage the Department of Public Safety to continue and expand its structured community placement programs that assist the transition of formerly incarcerated persons into the community.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety, Community Alliance on Prisons, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, and seven individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that structured community placement programs are cost-effective and afford formerly incarcerated individuals important opportunities to reconnect with their families, seek employment, and successfully transition to the community.  These programs are particularly effective for non-violent female inmates, many of whom are the primary caregivers of their children.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 26 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

 

 

 

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WILL ESPERO, Chair