Bill Text: HI HCR12 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Urging The Judiciary To Assign One Judge For The Hope Probation Program.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-23 - The committee(s) on CMV recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [HCR12 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-HCR12-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
urging the Judiciary to assign one judge for the HOPE Probation Program.
WHEREAS, in 2004, retired First Circuit Judge Steven Alm launched the nation's first high-intensity supervision pilot program, HOPE Probation (Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement), to reduce probation violations by drug offenders and others at high risk of recidivism; and
WHEREAS, probationers in HOPE Probation are supposed to receive swift, predictable, and immediate sanctions – typically resulting in several days in jail – for each detected violation, such as detected drug use or missed appointments with a probation officer; and
WHEREAS, effective implementation of the HOPE Probation strategy produces short-term and long-term positive outcomes for high-risk probationers as well as state and local communities; and
WHEREAS, according to a 2007 evaluation, HOPE Probation offenders at their one-year follow up were seventy-two percent less likely to test positive for illegal drugs, sixty-one percent less likely to skip appointments with their supervisory officer, fifty-five percent less likely to be arrested for a new crime, and fifty-three percent less likely to have their probation revoked when compared to offenders on standard probation; and
WHEREAS, long-term positive outcomes for probationers include prison avoidance, reduced probationary periods, sustained abstinence from alcohol and drugs, improved health, reduced criminal recidivism, greater employment and income, and ultimately an improved quality of life; and
WHEREAS, for state and local communities, these outcomes result in reduced crime, fewer costly imprisonments, reduced costs to the criminal justice system, an increase in the number of working individuals who pay taxes, and the repayment of court-ordered restitution for victims; and
WHEREAS, several judges are currently assigned to HOPE Probation cases, which is inundating the judges' calendars and leading to widespread and inconsistent decisions; and
WHEREAS, to improve consistency and ease logistics, all HOPE Probation cases should be consolidated to one judge; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, the Senate concurring, that the Judiciary is urged to assign one judge for the HOPE Probation Program to ensure expedited and timely cases are heard and decided and to ensure consistency in judicial hearings and decisions; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chief Justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court.
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Judiciary; HOPE Probation
