Bill Text: HI HB2312 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Prison Reform.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2022-05-04 - Transmitted to Governor. [HB2312 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-HB2312-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to prison reform.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. There is established within the judiciary for administrative purposes, a commission to be known as the women's corrections implementation commission to:
(1) Develop and implement an evidence-based, gender-responsive plan to divert non-violent women offenders, especially those with minor children, from the criminal justice system;
(2) Ensure that the recommendations made in the final report of the House Concurrent Resolution No. 85 (2016) task force on prison reform to the Hawaii legislature during the 2019 regular session are implemented;
(3) Review existing local resources and programs focused on women in the justice system for their effectiveness and capacity for expansion; and
(4) Consider model programs that include residential, in-person and community-based rehabilitation programs, supportive and subsidized housing, restorative justice, and educational programs.
SECTION 2. The commission shall consist of the following members; provided that the members shall all be women:
(1) The chief justice, or the chief justice's designee;
(2) The director of public safety, or the director's designee;
(3) A social worker who assists in the rehabilitation and attainment of housing for female inmates who shall be appointed by the director of public safety;
(4) The prosecuting attorney from a county with a population of seven hundred fifty thousand or greater, or the prosecuting attorney's designee;
(5) The leader of a private foundation that assists women in rehabilitation after release from prison or the leader's designee;
(6) A former prison inmate appointed by the director of public safety; and
(7) A community based advocate appointed by the director of public safety.
The members shall not receive compensation for their services.
No member of the commission shall be made subject to the financial disclosure requirements of sections 84-13 and 84-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, solely because of that member's participation as a member of the commission.
The commission shall be exempt from chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
SECTION 3. The Commission may hold public meetings as it deems necessary. The initial meeting of the commission shall occur no later than sixty days after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. The commission shall collaborate with the judiciary and the county prosecutors of Hawaii, Honolulu, Kauai, and Maui, to determine how to most effectively develop and implement the evidence-based, gender responsive plan to divert non-violent women offenders, especially those with minor children, from the criminal justice system.
SECTION 5. The judiciary shall provide administrative support to the commission.
SECTION 6. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2022-2023 to establish the women's corrections implementation commission.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the judiciary for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 7. It is not the intent of this Act to jeopardize the receipt of any federal aid. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is found to be in conflict with federal requirements that are a prescribed condition for the allocation of federal funds to the State, the provision shall be deemed void; provided that the voided provision shall not affect other provisions or applications of the Act that can be given effect without the voided provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable.
SECTION 8. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2022.
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Report Title:
Criminal Justice; Commission; Department of Public Safety; Judiciary; Women's Corrections Implementation Commission; Appropriation
Description:
Establishes the Women's Corrections Implementation Commission in the Judiciary to ensure implementation of the recommendations from the final report from the House Concurrent Resolution No. 85 (2016) task force, to develop and implement an evidence-based, gender-responsive plan to divert non-violent women offenders, especially those with minor children, from the criminal justice system. Requires that the task force also consider model programs including residential, in-person and community-based rehabilitation programs, supportive and subsidized housing, restorative justice, and educational programs.
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