HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.R. NO. 70 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 STATE OF HAWAII HOUSE RESOLUTION requesting the department of corrections and rehabilitation to expand its personal and professional development programs to include community service programS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.R. NO. 70
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.R. NO.
70
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
HOUSE RESOLUTION
requesting the department of corrections and rehabilitation to expand its personal and professional development programs to include community service programS.
WHEREAS, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation offers a variety of programs to help inmates gain educational credentials, life skills, and work experience; and WHEREAS, inmate work programs help to reduce idleness, teach marketable skills, and reduce correctional costs; and WHEREAS, the State and counties have landscaping work, road work, construction work, and other tasks that could be performed by inmates; and WHEREAS, expanding the programs offered at correctional facilities to include community service programs would benefit the correctional facilities, inmates, and the State; 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 expand its personal and professional development programs to include community service programs; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the community service programs should require inmates to fix potholes, trim trees, pick up litter, and perform other services for the State or counties; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation. OFFERED BY: _____________________________
WHEREAS, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation offers a variety of programs to help inmates gain educational credentials, life skills, and work experience; and
WHEREAS, inmate work programs help to reduce idleness, teach marketable skills, and reduce correctional costs; and
WHEREAS, the State and counties have landscaping work, road work, construction work, and other tasks that could be performed by inmates; and
WHEREAS, expanding the programs offered at correctional facilities to include community service programs would benefit the correctional facilities, inmates, and the State; 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 expand its personal and professional development programs to include community service programs; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the community service programs should require inmates to fix potholes, trim trees, pick up litter, and perform other services for the State or counties; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
OFFERED BY: _____________________________
OFFERED BY:
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Report Title: DCR; Prison Work Programs; Community Service
Report Title:
DCR; Prison Work Programs; Community Service