STAND. COM. REP. NO.
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 1 9 2024
RE: H.C.R. No. 160
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 H.C.R. No. 160 entitled:
"HOUSE 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 Correctional Center by
twenty-five percent by 2029.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Judiciary, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation,
Criminal Justice Research Institute, ACLU of Hawai‘i, Women's
Prison Project, YWCA O‘ahu, Hawai‘i Friends of Restorative Justice,
Adult Friends for Youth, and five individuals.
Your Committee finds that a task force established by House
Concurrent Resolution No. 85, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, Regular Session of
2016, found that the current model of prisons in the State
reinforces institutionalized thought patterns and re-traumatizes
women. Your Committee further finds that the lack of progress
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diverting women 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 it is imperative to establish policy
changes regarding probation, parole, and restitution; set
measurable goals to reduce the number of incarcerated women; and
provide sufficient resources to community-based programs to
include mental health counseling, drug and alcohol treatment,
education, and job training to improve the prison system for
incarcerated women and reduce the amount of women incarcerated.
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 H.C.R. No. 160, as amended herein,
and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R.
No. 160, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Public Safety and
Intergovernmental and Military
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 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawai‘i
Record of Votes
Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs
PSM
Bill / Resolution No.;* Committee Referral: Date: z
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__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to: _______________________________
The Recommendation is:
Pass, unamended v^ass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye/ Aye (WR) Nay Excused
WAKAI, Glenn (C)
ELEFANTE, Brandon J.C. (VC)
FUKUNAGA, Carol
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RHOADS, Karl
AWA, Brenton
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TOTAL 1
Recommendation: __ / I ( (
|_^ Adopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature;
Distribution: Original I YelloJ / Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report \ Clerk's^ffice / Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measureLprfer Record of Votes
Revised: 01/09/24