HB2008 HD1

Report Title:

Alternatives to prison; puuhonua healing centers

Description:

Establishes a pilot program for alternative incarceration and appropriates funds for puuhonua healing centers. (HB2008 HD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2008
TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO PRISON ALTERNATIVES.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. There is established within the department of public safety a pilot program designed to establish puuhonua healing centers. This pilot program shall employ restorative justice and alternative prison programs in the county of Hawaii that are designed to:

(1) Accelerate the healing process of inmates, their families, and their communities, particularly through the use of hooponopono;

(2) Prevent male and female youths and adults from turning to criminal activity by assisting them in their efforts to lead productive lives in their communities;

(3) Promote respect for native Hawaiians and other cultures; and

(4) Assist inmates in the process of rehabilitation and reduce the recidivism rates for inmates who return to their communities.

SECTION 2. The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $500,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary, and the same sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for fiscal year 2002-2003 for the following project:

Puuhonua healing centers, Hawaii.

Plans and design for puuhonua healing centers in the county of Hawaii.

Plans $250,000

Design $250,000

Total funding $500,000

SECTION 3. The appropriation made for the capital improvement project authorized in section 2 of this Act shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made; provided that all moneys that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2005, shall lapse as of that date.

SECTION 4. The sum appropriated in section 2 of this Act shall be expended by the department of accounting and general services for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 5. The director of public safety, with the assistance of the department of health, department of human services, the judiciary, and interested community organizations identified by the director, shall submit a progress report to the legislature detailing the status of the pilot program no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2003, 2004, and 2005.

SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2002, and shall be repealed on June 30, 2005.