THE SENATE S.C.R. NO. 32 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 STATE OF HAWAII SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION requesting the department of corrections and rehabilitation to collaborate with the department of transportation to use inmate work furlough programs for state roadway and highway maintenance.
THE SENATE S.C.R. NO. 32
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
THE SENATE
S.C.R. NO.
32
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
requesting the department of corrections and rehabilitation to collaborate with the department of transportation to use inmate work furlough programs for state roadway and highway maintenance.
WHEREAS, an enormous factor in an inmate's rehabilitation is the inmate's ability to access work preparation and career development programs; and WHEREAS, inmates often encounter difficulties when reentering society upon release due to the lack of adequate support programs, including but not limited to inmate work furlough and reentry programs; and WHEREAS, these difficulties often lead to high rates of recidivism, or the tendency of individuals to reoffend or recommit crimes even after release from incarceration; and WHEREAS, according to a study that was conducted by a task force on prison reform established pursuant to H.C.R. No. 85, H.D. 2, S.D. 1 (2016), Hawaii faces a recidivism rate of over fifty percent; and WHEREAS, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has implemented work furlough programs across the State with the intention of enhancing the systemic reorientation process for inmates who pose minimal risk to local communities but not necessarily for the risk to recidivate; and WHEREAS, the inmate work furlough programs provide eligible inmates with an opportunity to actively job seek, establish financial stability, develop social connections, and find appropriate housing prior to release from incarceration; and WHEREAS, it is critical for highway maintenance, whether pothole management or vegetation control, to have a robust workforce in order to sustain safer roadways; and WHEREAS, providing the Department of Transportation with additional workforce through the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's inmate workforce furlough programs is a reliable avenue to improve the State's roadways and highways while providing inmates access to beneficial work that would assist their reentry into society upon release from incarceration; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is requested to collaborate with the Department of Transportation to use inmate work furlough programs for state roadway and highway maintenance; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation and Director of Transportation. OFFERED BY: _____________________________ Report Title: DCR; DOT; Work Furlough Program; Prisons; Highway Maintenance
WHEREAS, an enormous factor in an inmate's rehabilitation is the inmate's ability to access work preparation and career development programs; and
WHEREAS, inmates often encounter difficulties when reentering society upon release due to the lack of adequate support programs, including but not limited to inmate work furlough and reentry programs; and
WHEREAS, these difficulties often lead to high rates of recidivism, or the tendency of individuals to reoffend or recommit crimes even after release from incarceration; and
WHEREAS, according to a study that was conducted by a task force on prison reform established pursuant to H.C.R. No. 85, H.D. 2, S.D. 1 (2016), Hawaii faces a recidivism rate of over fifty percent; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has implemented work furlough programs across the State with the intention of enhancing the systemic reorientation process for inmates who pose minimal risk to local communities but not necessarily for the risk to recidivate; and
WHEREAS, the inmate work furlough programs provide eligible inmates with an opportunity to actively job seek, establish financial stability, develop social connections, and find appropriate housing prior to release from incarceration; and
WHEREAS, it is critical for highway maintenance, whether pothole management or vegetation control, to have a robust workforce in order to sustain safer roadways; and
WHEREAS, providing the Department of Transportation with additional workforce through the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's inmate workforce furlough programs is a reliable avenue to improve the State's roadways and highways while providing inmates access to beneficial work that would assist their reentry into society upon release from incarceration; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is requested to collaborate with the Department of Transportation to use inmate work furlough programs for state roadway and highway maintenance; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation and Director of Transportation.
OFFERED BY: _____________________________
OFFERED BY:
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Report Title:
DCR; DOT; Work Furlough Program; Prisons; Highway Maintenance