Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HR148 Compare Versions

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1	1	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.R. NO. 148 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 STATE OF HAWAII HOUSE RESOLUTION Requesting the dEPARTMENT of corrections and rehabilitation to incrementally AND SYSTEMATICALLY reduce the number of inmates incarcerated in private, out-of-state correctional facilities.
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3	3	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.R. NO. 148
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35	35	Requesting the dEPARTMENT of corrections and rehabilitation to incrementally AND SYSTEMATICALLY reduce the number of inmates incarcerated in private, out-of-state correctional facilities.
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43	43	WHEREAS, the State has relied on contracted private, for-profit, out-of-state correctional facilities to house a significant portion of the State's inmate population for more than two decades; and WHEREAS, inmates who serve their sentences in these out-of-state facilities are effectively exiled thousands of miles away from their families, friends, and crucial support networks; and WHEREAS, the adverse effects of incarcerating inmates outside the State were recognized by the Legislature and the former Department of Public Safety even before the State began the practice of contracting with private prisons on the mainland; and WHEREAS, when the Legislature passed Act 208, Session Laws of Hawaii 1994 (Act 208), which authorized the transfer of inmates to privately operated correctional facilities outside the State, it did so with the clear intent that the former Department of Public Safety would not transfer individuals with strong community ties to Hawaii; and WHEREAS, this clear intent of the Legislature has largely been ignored over the last few decades, and concerns regarding the significant detrimental impact that interstate transfers would have on inmates have turned out to be true; and WHEREAS, the problem of prison overcrowding continues to persist even though Act 208 was enacted specifically to alleviate this issue, and larger problems with the use of mass incarceration have increased since Act 208 was enacted; and WHEREAS, it is imperative that the State phase out the practice of transferring inmates to privately-operated mainland correctional facilities; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is requested to incrementally and systematically reduce the number of inmates incarcerated in private, out-of-state correctional facilities; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is requested to submit to the Legislature, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2027, 2028, 2029, and 2030, a report of its progress in reducing the number of inmates incarcerated in private, out-of-state correctional facilities; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Governor and Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation. OFFERED BY: _____________________________
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45	45	WHEREAS, the State has relied on contracted private, for-profit, out-of-state correctional facilities to house a significant portion of the State's inmate population for more than two decades; and
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49	49	WHEREAS, inmates who serve their sentences in these out-of-state facilities are effectively exiled thousands of miles away from their families, friends, and crucial support networks; and
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53	53	WHEREAS, the adverse effects of incarcerating inmates outside the State were recognized by the Legislature and the former Department of Public Safety even before the State began the practice of contracting with private prisons on the mainland; and
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57	57	WHEREAS, when the Legislature passed Act 208, Session Laws of Hawaii 1994 (Act 208), which authorized the transfer of inmates to privately operated correctional facilities outside the State, it did so with the clear intent that the former Department of Public Safety would not transfer individuals with strong community ties to Hawaii; and
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61	61	WHEREAS, this clear intent of the Legislature has largely been ignored over the last few decades, and concerns regarding the significant detrimental impact that interstate transfers would have on inmates have turned out to be true; and
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65	65	WHEREAS, the problem of prison overcrowding continues to persist even though Act 208 was enacted specifically to alleviate this issue, and larger problems with the use of mass incarceration have increased since Act 208 was enacted; and
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69	69	WHEREAS, it is imperative that the State phase out the practice of transferring inmates to privately-operated mainland correctional facilities; now, therefore,
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73	73	BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is requested to incrementally and systematically reduce the number of inmates incarcerated in private, out-of-state correctional facilities; and
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77	77	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is requested to submit to the Legislature, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2027, 2028, 2029, and 2030, a report of its progress in reducing the number of inmates incarcerated in private, out-of-state correctional facilities; and
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81	81	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Governor and Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
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103	103	Report Title: Inmates; Private, Out-of-state Correctional Facilities; Reduction
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