STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1668

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   S.C.R. No. 90

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 90 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND ITS STRUCTURED COMMUNITY PLACEMENT PROGRAMS TO ASSIST IN TRANSITIONING FORMERLY INCARCERATED FEMALE INMATES BACK INTO SOCIETY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to encourage the Department of Public Safety to continue and expand its structured community placement programs to assist in transitioning formerly incarcerated female inmates back into society.

 

     The Department of Public Safety, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Community Alliance on Prisons, and several concerned individuals supported this measure.  The League of Women Voters offered comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 90 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

 

 

 

 

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GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair