STAND

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO.492-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 2132

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2132, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to promote the successful rehabilitation of female adult and juvenile offenders by:

(1) Requiring adult and juvenile offenders to be provided with a range and quality of programming substantially equivalent to the range and quality of programming offered to males;

(2) Requiring the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to develop and implement gender-responsive, community-based programs for female offenders;

(3) Requiring the Office of Youth Services to develop and implement gender-responsive, community-based programs for female adjudicated youths; and

(4) Providing that the Director of Public Safety shall make grants-in-aid available from funds appropriated by the legislature to private agencies that elect to participate in the DPS grant program.

ACLU Hawaii, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, Community Alliance on Prisons, and A Women's Voice, International, submitted testimony in support of this bill. DPS submitted testimony in support of the intent of this bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2132, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

		____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair