STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 629-22
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2022
RE: H.B. No. 2311
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2022
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2311, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN REHABILITATION PROGRAMS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee
received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Public
Safety, Opportunity Youth Action Hui, Community Alliance on Prisons, Hawai‘i
Health & Harm Reduction Center, Women's Prison Project, and one
individual. Your Committee received
testimony in opposition to this measure from the Center for Hawaiian
Sovereignty Studies. Your Committee
received comments on this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs,
Department of Human Services, and Department of Budget and Finance.
Your Committee finds that rehabilitation
programs have traditionally been based on western models that may not have any
relevance or foundation to prison inmates' identity, cultural beliefs, and
worldview. Establishing a rehabilitation
program that specifically emphasizes Native Hawaiian values and cultural
practices may help the disproportionately represented Native Hawaiian inmate
population feel less disenfranchised and support their reintegration into
society upon release.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2311, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair |
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