STAND. COM. REP. NO. 532

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1123

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1123 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate an unspecified amount of matching funds so that the Department of Public Safety may expand its work release program to provide more opportunities for qualifying inmates to work on county projects.

The Department of Public Safety, The Living Nation, and the Community Alliance on Prisons submitted testimony in support of the measure.

Your Committee finds that the measure would expand work opportunities for inmates to assist on county projects, which would enhance their job skills and prepare them for their return to the community. Your Committee believes that the programs funded by the measure will reduce recidivism and promote positive inmate behavior.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1123 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

 

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KEN ITO, Chair