STAND. COM. REP. NO.  477-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2007

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 2007, 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 improve prison operations by requiring the Office of the Auditor to conduct:

(1)  Performance audits of each private prison on the mainland that houses Hawaii inmates with regard to the issues of treatment and delivery of services, visitation, and the Department of Public Safety's (DPS) monitoring of contract provisions; and

(2)  A financial and management audit of DPS's commissary operations at state correctional facilities, as well as out-of-state contracted correctional facilities where Hawaii inmates are housed.

     The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, and several individuals testified in support of this bill.  DPS opposed this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2007, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

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MICHAEL Y. MAGAOAY, Chair