STAND. COM. REP. NO.
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 0 3 2024
RE: S.C.R. No. 31
S. D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and
Military Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 31 entitled:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE WOMEN'S
CORRECTIONS IMPLEMENTATION COMMISSION TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY
AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF WOMEN
INCARCERATED AT THE WOMEN'S COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL CENTER BY
TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the
Women's Corrections Implementation Commission to develop a
strategy and make recommendations to reduce the number of women
incarcerated at the Women's Community Center by twenty-five
percent over the next five years.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Judiciary, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation,
Criminal Justice Research Institute, Women's Prison Project,
Hawai‘i Friends of Restorative Justice, and three individuals.
Your Committee finds that there has been little progress
diverting nonviolent women offenders from prison as the recidivism
rate remains at fifty percent and the population at the Women's
Community Correctional Center remains at approximately two
hundred, a nine hundred fifty percent increase since 1978. Your
Committee further finds that the lack of progress diverting women
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from the criminal justice system can be traced to two failings:
the lack of a definite, measurable goal by which to reduce the
number of incarcerated women and a lack of resources allocated to
proven community-based rehabilitative programs. Your Committee
concludes that in order to reduce the recidivism rate for women, a
comprehensive strategy needs to be developed by the Women's
Corrections Implementation Commission.
Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and
consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military
Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs
with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 31, as amended herein,
and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R.
No. 31, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Public Safety and
Intergovernmental and Military
Affairs,
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 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs
PSM
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral:
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The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measire.
If so, then the previous decision was to:________________________________________________
The Recommendation is: /
Pass, unamended V Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye (WR) Nay Excused
WAKAI, Glenn (C)
ELEFANTE, Brandon J.C. (VC)
FUKUNAGA, Carol
RHOADS, Karl
AWA, Brenton
Recommendation:
TOTAL
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1
Yr Adopted / __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature:^;>^^*^^
Distribution; Original \ Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 01/09/24